This matcha latte recipe is already a favorite in our house, but adding a scoop of cacao is our new favorite go-to for sugar cravings. It tastes like chocolate cocoa and the kids love it!
Swap out the matcha for coffee if that’s your style, but be sure to add in a scoop of Cacao Bliss for that smooth, chocolaty flavor and added GLP-1 & craving support!
More on Cacao Bliss below…
God Designed Your Appetite
The health world is obsessed with appetite right now.
GLP-1 medications. Blood sugar hacks. Craving suppressants. Metabolism boosters. New supplements promising to make hunger disappear.
But long before any of these trends existed, God designed your body with an incredibly complex system for hunger, fullness, blood sugar, metabolism, and energy.
And Scripture has always taught us that appetite is about more than biology.
Esau traded his birthright for a bowl of stew.
Israel complained about food in the wilderness.
Paul wrote about bringing the body under discipline.
Galatians tells us that self-control is fruit of the Spirit.
But if you struggle with unhealthy cravings, hear this clearly:
It is not automatically a spiritual failure.
Hormones matter.
Blood sugar matters.
Stress matters.
Sleep deprivation matters.
Gut health matters.
And ultra-processed food can make appetite much harder to control.
We tackled this recently in a manifesto the Church needed sixty years ago, and the good news is that the body responds to its inputs faster than most Christians have ever been told.
Biblical health does not force us to choose between the spiritual and physical.
We look at both.
We ask what God designed the body to do, what may be interfering with that design, and how we can cooperate with His wisdom instead of simply chasing the latest shortcut.
The Food Industry Learned How to Hijack It
There is also a battle for your appetite.
Scripture calls the devil, “The god of this world,” but be encouraged…
“… we would not be outwitted by satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.” 2 Corinthians 2:11
For decades, Big Food has learned how to engineer ultra-processed products to hijack the brain’s reward system and keep people craving, consuming, and coming back for more.
The sweetness.
The salt.
The fat.
The flavors.
The textures.
All carefully engineered to make another bite harder to resist.
That is not innocent.
When profit depends on keeping people trapped in unhealthy appetites, greed has become the business model.
And bondage, deception, and destruction are not the heart of God.
Jesus gave us the contrast:
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” — John 10:10
That is the hinge: satan wants bondage. Jesus brings freedom.
The enemy exploits appetite. The Holy Spirit produces self-control.
Big Food takes what God created and manipulates it into products designed to keep you consuming.
That is why people are not usually losing control over broccoli, blueberries, lentils, or apples.
The foods that dominate our cravings are overwhelmingly the “food” man has refined, concentrated, sweetened, flavored, and engineered, not the foods God made.
So we do not blame everything on hormones. And we do not shame people for lacking self-control.
We recognize the physical battle, the behavioral battle, and the spiritual battle.
But, we need the whole picture.
That is why today we are sharing three articles from our Natural Living Family sister publication that approach the issue from three directions: the God-designed biology behind GLP-1 and appetite, the Biblical battle against unhealthy cravings, and one practical drink swap that makes choosing better a little easier.
Let’s get practical.
DIY Bible Health Tips:
Read: GLP-1 and Essential Oils: Blood Sugar, Appetite & Cravings - Everyone’s talking about GLP-1’s. And this is the first honest conversation we’ve seen about the role essential oils can play. Dr. Z explores how cinnamon, clove, and compounds like geraniol and carvacrol influence GLP-1 pathways tied to blood sugar, appetite, and cravings. A fascinating look.
Read: How to Stop Food Cravings Biblically & Naturally - Cravings aren’t just a food problem. Dr. Z shows how they’re tied to heart, habit, hunger, and hormones, and how Scripture, prayer, nourishing foods, and essential oils can help you regain self-control. A faith-filled path to freedom from what keeps pulling you back.
Read: DIY Metabolism-Boosting Vegan Matcha Latte - Caring for your body does not mean giving up the drinks you enjoy. Mama Z’s creamy matcha latte delivers antioxidants and calm, focused energy without the coffee-shop sugar crash, making it a simple way to choose nourishment while stewarding the body God gave you.
“I’m grateful to be here, receiving encouragement, recipes, and whole-body transformation. Even after trying times, I trust you and Mama Z. The spiritual aspect completes the system: body, soul, and spirit.”
— Ellen D.
Bible Health Swap
Don’t buy dark chocolate for sugar cravings (drink this instead)…
“Wait... dark chocolate isn’t actually healthy?”
Yep.
Short answer: the research everyone quotes is about raw cacao, not the processed bars on store shelves.
Here’s the difference.
A study in The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry found that after commercial roasting and alkalizing, chocolate loses up to 60% of its antioxidants. Dark chocolate keeps roughly a sixth. Milk chocolate?
About 7%.
That means when you buy a “72% dark chocolate” bar thinking you’re doing something good for your body... you’re getting a fraction of what God actually put in the cacao bean.
The original bean has 63x more antioxidants than broccoli. It contains theobromine for steady, jitter-free energy. And this study in the journal Nutrition showed that cacao polyphenol-rich chocolate supports GLP-1 & insulin response after you eat.
It was a randomized crossover study, 48 healthy adults drank either water or 25 grams of cacao polyphenol-rich chocolate with water before a glucose challenge. The adults who drank the cacao-rich chocolate water increased early GLP-1 and insulin response and led to lower blood sugar after 2 hours.
From a bean.
No, we’re not saying that eating cacao-rich chocolate is like taking a GLP-1 medication. We’re just sharing the research that food, specifically cacao powder, can help the body in more ways than people realize.
That’s why we love Cacao Bliss by Earth Echo Foods.
It uses minimally processed, ceremonial-grade cacao combined with turmeric, cinnamon, MCT oil, and black pepper extract for absorption.
35 calories. Zero processed sugar. Mixes into water, coffee, or a smoothie in seconds.
And right now they’re running up to 50% off for a limited time.
If you’ve been curious about supporting your metabolism, this is worth a look.
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