{"id":9474,"date":"2020-07-14T12:31:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T10:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newtree.com\/les-eclats-de-cacao-meilleurs-amis-des-plus-grands-sportifs\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T19:38:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:38:45","slug":"les-eclats-de-cacao-meilleurs-amis-des-plus-grands-sportifs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newtree.com\/en\/les-eclats-de-cacao-meilleurs-amis-des-plus-grands-sportifs\/","title":{"rendered":"Cacao nibs, great athlete’s best friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robin, Newtree’s COO (Chief Operating Officer) is fanatic about sports: boxer, cyclist and crazy about ultratrail, he’s always running. Everyday, he covers the 10 kilometres from his house to work running. Marathon des Sables in Morocco and Mare Nostrum<\/em>,\u00a0the longest relay run ever, covering all European shores by 100-kilometre stages, are just examples of recent challenges.\u00a0This means he must take care of his body. And one way to do so is through nutrition.\u00a0In his search for optimal nutrition, cocoa nibs are in the top 3 foods.<\/p>\n

What are cocoa nibs?<\/h3>\n

They are essentially eating the cacao bean itself, as they have been roasted, separated from their husks and broken into smaller pieces.\u00a0When we use the word \u201cCocoa<\/em>\u201d, it is usually in reference to the processed, final product.\u00a0Cacao is how any form of chocolate starts out as the beans come from the\u00a0Theobroma<\/em>\u00a0cacao tree<\/a>.\u00a0Cocoa nibs are the\u00a0least processed<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0most natural form of chocolate<\/strong>. The lack of processing and sugars give them a distinctive bitter but somewhat nutty flavor.<\/p>\n

Why are they in the top 3 of Robin\u2019s preferred foods<\/span>?<\/h3>\n