Wes Vear, professional rower and Olympic hopeful, boasts an impressive athletic and academic résumé. While training this past summer at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center in northern Vermont, Wes started incorporating FlavaMix Unsweetened Drinking Chocolate into his rigorous training routine and he’s been hooked ever since.   1. Please give us a bit of background about… Read more »

A landmark study of cocoa flavanols conducted at University of Duesseldorf, Germany predicted a 31% reduction in the risk of heart attack among healthy, middle aged adults and undoubtedly helped inspire Harvard’s ongoing trial of 22,000 people consuming daily cocoa flavanols! Published in the British Journal of Nutrition, the study investigated the effects of daily… Read more »

Elise Compston is a registered and licensed dietitian with a background in recipe development, community nutrition, and corporate wellness. She spent several years developing menus for a Los Angeles-based meal delivery service and most recently served as the Wellness Coordinator for a local school district. She is currently a recipe developer and blogger with her husband… Read more »