For The Love of Chocolate
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Debbie Burgin |
| Who would have dreamed that using
chocolate as a skin moisturizer could ever be popular? Chocolate
used to be called “junk food”. As a matter of fact, we used
to blame chocolate for a whole host of facial epidermal
problems, the best known of course, being acne. |
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| But how quickly things change! Chocolate
treatments can be found in boutiques in almost every corner
of the globe. Scientific reports now consider dark chocolate
to be a health food because of it’s powerful anti-oxidant
properties, and something called flavanols, which among
other things are said to offer “extraordinary cardiovascular
protection.” |
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| Cosmetics manufacturers are now
adding chocolate as an ingredient into their skin care products
formulas. The chocolate has extraordinary skin softening
and moisturizing properties. Chocolate skin treatments have
become the latest rage. Chocolate is also used to smooth
out wrinkles due to its anti-oxidant high moisture content,
thanks in large part to the wonders of cocoa butter. |
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| Most chocolate treatments contain
cocoa butter, but it is also used extensively in the formulation
of many beauty products. |
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| The anti-oxidant properties in cocoa
are said to also prevent free radicals from damaging the
skin’s elastin and collagen, which aids in the prevention
of wrinkles. |
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| Researchers and doctors have found
that the anti-oxidant properties in cocoa is comparable
to green tea. Dark chocolate, in particular, has a very
high anti-oxidant content. Chocolate is considered dark
if it has 35% percent cocoa or more. |
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| What makes a chocolate skin moisturizer?
The top 3 ingredients listed on the label will be the most
important. Cocoa should be one of those top three ingredients. |
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| However, for cocoa to be effective
as an anti-oxidant, it would need to be absorbed and penetrate
the dermis which is the lower layer of skin. Many doctors
think that cocoa molecules are too big and some doubt that
it can penetrate that far. |
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| In spite of all the excitement and
hype, further study is still being done. But, while all
the benefits of chocolate skin treatments are still unclear,
why not enjoy the “forbidden fruit” factor of smothering
yourself in the luxury of wonderful dark chocolate? |
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| The Chocoholic Spa Inc. is pleased
to announce the introduction of a luxuriously decadent new
line of Spa grade, World Class Dark Chocolate-based bath
and body products. For sinfully rich dark chocolate based
bath and body products, head on over to
http://www.thechocoholicspa.com . |
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