Dark Chocolate: The New Health Food

It's old news that sugar is no longer off-limits for people with diabetes. But now experts know that one sweet treat is actually smart for your heart: dark chocolate. Ounce for ounce, it contains more antioxidants than even the highest-antioxidant fruits and vegetables. The "brand" of antioxidants it contains, called flavonols, performs miracles on your blood vessels, guarding against the buildup of sticky plaque on artery walls and also keeping arteries elastic. The end result: a lower risk of heart disease, the number one killer of people with diabetes.

Stick with one ounce a day, and make sure it's dark chocolate—milk chocolate doesn't offer the same benefits and can raise cholesterol. Choose a dark chocolate with the highest cocoa content you can find. (source: Readers Digest)

I always heard Chocolate was Bad for your Skin?

The Truth about Chocolate and Your Skin......Article from Real Age

NOTE:One of the New Brochures, The Chocolate Choice,... just released by MXI (www.healthychocolatetools.com) shows the comparisions of all the chocolates out there. The reason you want to give them a copy of that....is you will notice in the article below, they do not know about XOCAI yet....it does not contain ALL the Garbage or Junk the Other Chocolate on the Market Has....and actually there is no limit to the amount of XOCAI an indivudual can take... eat, drink, etc as much as you want....because it is Healthy.

The Truth About Chocolate and Your Skin
http://www.realage.com/news_features/tip.aspx?v=1&cid=17183

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 defense 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 RealAge 6 years younger.

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. Tip References: Long-term ingestion of high flavanol cocoa provides photoprotection against UV-induced erythema and improves skin condition in women. Heinrich, U., Neukam, K., Tronnier, H., Sies, H., Stahl, W., Journal of Nutrition 2006 Jun;136(6):1565-1569.

Welcome!

Hello Friends, I am very new to the Blogging sites. However I have created this site:


To inform the Public about the Every Evolving benefits of Chocolate in relation to health issues.

As well as inform individuals about a Trend that they can have the opportunity to capitalize on that most people do not even realize is starting to happen right now.

I look forward to diving right into things and bringing more and more topics, Articles, and Publications to light in regards to Chocolate and more specificly.....Xocai - The Healthy Chocolate!

No other Chocolate product in the world can Compare due to the Processing and Formulation of XOCAI!