Longing for sweets lately? Chocolate is everyone’s favorite comfort food but unfortunately its consumption is most of the time prohibited. For health reasons, indulging in chocolates is advised to be kept to a minimum.
If your craving for sweets is making you feel guilty, then there is good news for you. Recent research findings revealed that eating chocolates will not give you acne. The discovery dispels the claim that chocolate consumption is bad for the skin.
Apparently, chocolate can even help cure acne and improve the overall condition of the skin.
As a proof there are various skin treatments that uses chocolate.
Debbie Reiman, general manager of a Day Spa in Carterville said, "The reason people break out with acne is because their hormones are usually going crazy anyway, which makes them crave chocolate. They eat chocolate, and they think that is what causes acne.
There are spas out there with services like chocolate body soaks, chocolate facials, body massages, body wraps, and pedicures.
Putting chocolate on your skin is definitely a skin treat everyone must try as chocolate is made up of 300 different compounds that has properties beneficial for ones’ health and beauty. The cocoa is loaded with antioxidants like Vitamins A and E while the cocoa butter moisturize the skin.
Furthermore, chocolate has relaxing properties as well. It produces what they call sensory indulgence that releases chemicals in the brain that triggers a happy feeling. The feeling is likened to the emotion one feels when falling in love.