krosenth wrote:

 >Cocoa is New World but has been used for a very long time.  Living in S.
 >New Mexico - within sight of the Mexican border - has made me more aware
 >of some of the ancient Aztec and Inca recipes.

Whatever these people ate certainly didn't help them grow to great heights.
They are considerably shorter than our paleo ancestors. So I would not use
what they ate for a long as a positive thing.

Don.