I was just going through some magazine cutouts and I came across one about chocolate's skin benefits. It goes on saying that ingesting certain compounds in cocoa can smooth the skin and decrease its sensitivity to the sun. A study in Germany, women who drank a cocoa beverage high in antioxidants called flavonols daily experienced reduced skin redness in response to UV light exposure-15% less than usual after six weeks and 25% less at 12 weeks-while a group given a low-flavonol cooa drink had no change. They also showed significant improvements in their skins' texture and hydration, which investigators believe were attributable to measurably improved blood flow to the skin.
Now I can drink to that ! A nice hot "chocolate" drink is on my list to go have. I'll have to make a trip over to Mink for some but right now I'll eat some Ghirardelli Twilight 72%.
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