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Sunday, June 7, 2009
Why To Use Chocolate For Gorgeous Skin
Everybody in the spa and beauty industry has been voicing the chocolate spa therapy or facial doing wonders for the skin.
Did you ever wonder why and how this tempting sin of a bar can help you get a glowing beautiful skin? For a zillionth time you must have read or heard about the antioxidant content of chocolate and this is what holds the key to your curiosity. Dark chocolate more specifically cocoa has flavonoids and epicatechin which buffer the effect of the harmful and toxic free radicals.
Free radicals piled up due to pollution, harsh sun rays, internal stress and dirt harm the skin’s elastin fibres which keeps the skin supple and intact. Due to the effect of free radicals on the collagen and elastin fibres the skin develops fine lines progressing into wrinkles and dark spots, blemished uneven skin. Now in an acute phase there needs to be a good amount of antioxidants like the one’s in cocoa of dark chocolate to minus or nullify the effects on the skin.
Chocolate also contains minerals like calcium, iron and vitamins to help in the antioxidant effect.
Chocolate massage for the body and chocolate facial undo the stress built up in the skin. But apart from just slathering chocolate on the skin its also helpful if even a piece of the dark potion is eaten.
The harm skin undergoes is an everyday phenomenon and undoing it should also be an everyday effort to go even on the free radicals.
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Neha Wasnik
R.D
http://wellnessandi.blogspot.com
