I have been testing eating cocoa butter. How much do I eat? Some. I have not been weighing it. This weekend, I’m going to create a fat with butter, cocoa butter, and shea butter. I’ll put it in molds and will try to test how much I’m eating.
My experiences so far. After eating my “morning” meal (I usually eat two meals a day), I usually am not hungry for a while. By adding cocoa butter to this, I’d characterize it as follows. If 10 = you could hold a gun to my head, and I wouldn’t eat any more; and 1 = I’m very hungry, I’d say my normal morning meal is maybe a 6-7. With cocoa butter added, it’s 9-10.
Put it this way, I was hungry at 10 am. I had 4 eggs, ham, blue and goat cheese. I had a small amount of chicken stock and a good handful of cocoa. It’s 4:14 pm (16:14 for those of you using 24 hour clocks), and I am not hungry at all. Zero hunger. None. It’s still an 8 or 9. I have no desire to eat at all. And it’s been 6 hours since I ate. I might not eat again today, though likely will (due to the family having dinner).
Of course, I cannot say it’s all due to cocoa butter’s stearic acid content. It could be calories or something else. But when I was on high fat, I could eat avocados, olive oil, and other high fat products, and still be hungry. With cocoa butter, I’m not. At all.