A study carried out by the London School of Management and Science and reported in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology has demonstrated that eating chocolate high in antioxidants significantly improves your skin’s resistance to sun damage. Fresh cocoa beans are exceptionally rich in flavanols. Unfortunately, during conventional chocolate making, this high antioxidant capacity is greatly reduced during roasting. The team’s aim was to evaluate the photoprotective potential of chocolate consumption, comparing a conventional dark chocolate to a specially produced chocolate with preserved high flavanol levels.
A study in 30 healthy people was conducted. Fifteen were assigned to either a high or low flavanol chocolate group and consumed a daily 20 g portion of chocolate. After 12 weeks the chocolate group consuming the specially prepared chocolate significantly improved their skin’s resistance to sun damage whereas the group consuming conventional chocolate did not. They concluded that the study demonstrated that regular consumption of a chocolate rich in flavanols confers significant photoprotection and can be effective in protecting human skin from harmful UV effects. Conventional chocolate has no such effect. We now sell this chocolate in our online shop.

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