Well, I know whenever there is any health related or beauty related news about chocolate, I’m all ears. Let’s face it, us women are genetically programmed to love chocolate. I don’t know many women who flat out don’t like chocolate, and there’s a reason why. It’s been proven that chocolate actually stimulates your “happy” natural chemicals that start buzzing around in your body. The mere act of putting a piece of delicious chocolate in your mouth can start your taste buds afire and ignite your happy mood.
Now, there’s evidence that chocolate, of course, of the dark variety since it has more of those super powerful antioxidants in it compared to lighter milk chocolate, may also help your skin to glow. It makes sense, since antioxidants in general tend to add to your skin’s youthful glow. The reason that dark chocolate may help lend to your skin’s supple, smooth glow is that it helps to fight aging.
Antioxidants, which certain chocolate bars are rich in, attack molecules called free radicals. Free radicals are the destroyers of healthy skin cells. Because they destroy healthy skin cells and can even cause skin cell death and mutation, they contribute to aging. When antioxidants are in the blood stream, they attack these free radicals, allowing more healthy skin cells to stay healthy, which means your skin looks better, for a longer time.
Now, a Swiss chocolate maker is going to make chocolate even more special. They are working on creating a chocolate bar that has tons of flavanols, which are powerful antioxidants, in it. This means even more anti aging ingredients which benefit the skin by preserving youthful attributes like elasticity, healthy tone and color, smoothness (no wrinkles), and lift.
This chocolate may be a great seller if it actually helps to do what it says. The only thing you have to watch out for with any chocolate is not to over do it. Even if it’s dark, minimally sweetened chocolate, it still contains sugar and calories. Sugar actually aids in the aging process because a high sugar diet helps to make the collagen cells rigid and fragile, which makes them break down quicker.
Collagen is an extremely important component in your skin’s elasticity, resilience and health as you age, and the depletion of collagen aids in the acceleration of the aging process of the skin. You can help boost collagen production by using anti aging products that have exfoliants in them, which increase cell turnover and help to increase collagen production.
