Love at First Bite...

Why Chocolate Makes Us Feel Good?

When it comes to tasting chocolate, the brain responds in the same way-by falling madly in love, it’s like nature wants us to become chocoholics.
Why else would chocolate trigger the same brain responses as falling in love? Small wonder isn’t it, that tongues hangout and hearts skip a beat around chocolate. When you hear in best news of the century for chocolate lovers- that Good Quality Chocolate is Healthy for you - it’s time to get serious.


Several more obscure chocolate ingredients seem to act by affecting the brain's own neurotransmitter network.
Neurotransmitters are the chemical messengers of the brain. They work by transporting electrical signals between nerve cells. These signals cause changes in the sensations and emotions that we experience.

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Chocolate's good for your skin?

It's true!
Antioxidant compounds in cocoa, called flavanols, improve artery health by boosting blood flow, and that boost may be good for your skin, too. Researchers discovered this chocolate benefit in a study of women who consumed half a cup of cocoa (containing 329 milligrams of flavanols per serving, the amount in a 3-½ ounce serving of dark chocolate) daily for 12 weeks.At the end of the study, the women experienced less skin dryness, scaling, and roughness compared to the beginning of the study. Also, their skin was thicker, exhibited improved blood flow, and was even more resistant to sun damage. Pretty amazing. Still, don't toss your sunscreen and indulge in mass quantities of chocolate. Consume the sweet in moderation and apply sunscreen every day when you'll be outdoors for 20 minutes or more.

For more skin tips, take the RealAge Skin Care Assessment for personalized advice and recommendations. Originally published on 09/14/2006.

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The Truth about Chocolate and Your Skin...

Here’s a formula for sensational skin: Cleanser, Moisturizer, Sunscreen and… Chocolate?

You heard right. When eaten, flavanol-rich cocoa, the main ingredient in dark chocolate, improves skin's texture, thickness, hydration, and blood flow. It may even boost your skin's defence against the sun by up to 25 percent How? It packs serious antioxidant power… Just don't overdo it --chocolate is high in fat and calories, too. And you still need to wear sunscreen every day.

RealAge Benefit: Getting the right amount of antioxidants through diet or supplements can make your Real Age 6 years younger.

So think of Chocolate as RealAge Benefit food...

Be Healthy, be Happy, look Greeeeeat!

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Choooooocolate The Elite Superfood

Feel Guilty no more. Chocolate has been reappraised as an Elite SUPERFOOD:

Harvard studies and candy merchants alike are excitedly touting its health benefits. But can these claims be too good to be true?
Before you reach for that candy bar, it’s important to realize that health benefits are found in unadulterated chocolate, such as raw cocoa powder abs cacao nibs.
We are accustomed to eating naturally bitter cacao in its sweetened, processed form. But many nutrients are lost during chocolate processing. That’s why making a drink with unprocessed, unsweetened cacao is an ideal way to reap chocolate’s benefits. Most health food stores carry organic cacao powder, and many stock raw cacao nibs for healthy, portable snacking. These nibs are the centre of the cacao beans, found within the large pod fruit of the Theobroma cacao tree.

Caroline Cski, CHNP (“Alive” Canada’s Natural Health and Wellness Magazine)
Feb 2008

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