The benefits of cocoa and dark chocolate

• Dark chocolate is an excellent source of flavonoids, from plant pigments to virtues antiinflammatories And antioxidants. Flavonoids (epicotechina, catechin, flavonols, etc.) are recognized for their many health actions:

• They fight against cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases

• They reduce hypertension

• They have anticrance properties

• They participate in maintaining the good health of the arteries and blood vessels

• They stimulate cognitive functions and boost memory

• They promote weight loss and have anti -celulite virtues

• Thanks to its theanine content, chocolate also improves the concentration and the cognitive capacities.

• Dark chocolate is rich in magnesium, an essential mineral since it regulates the nervous system, offers an action anti stress and improves the quality of sleep.

• Dark chocolate also plays a key role in the health of muscles and would offer an effect antidepressant.

Be careful not to choose any chocolate!

Our advices :

Opt for a dark chocolate at 70 % cocoa… minimum! The ideal is 90 %chocolate.

• Favor chocolate purest possible, Without additives, aromas or palm oil. The only ingredients necessary for good chocolate are cocoa paste, cocoa butter and sugar. If possible, choose it organic. Henceforth, deviating all the rays of confectionery and chocolate bars would not be a good idea, because in terms of health, all chocolates are not equal!

  To enjoy the benefits that we have just listed, it is on the dark chocolate that you have to bet. It is indeed in cocoa powder that all minerals are concentrated as well as vitamins.

• Limit yourself to 20 grams of chocolate per day, a sufficient portion to enjoy all its virtues.

Cocoa and chocolate: good for hair health?

Hair health rests above all on a Varied and balanced power supply, because the hair fiber needs all kinds of vitamins, minerals, trace elements and amino acids to develop well. And since the Dark chocolate is rich in magnesium, iron, vitamin E and flavonoids, it is undoubtedly a food that has its place in a healthy diet. To consume in moderation, of course! With one or two small squares of dark chocolate per day, you have such a pleasant snack for your taste buds as beneficial to your general and hair health.

Another significant advantage of dark chocolate is that it is full of iron, a nutrient Essential to hair growth. Thanks to its role in the oxygenation of cells (among others, scalp), iron contributes to the good health of the hair and is essential to ensure An optimal reproduction and growth of the hair.

The icing on the cake: chocolate Boost melanin, a pigment responsible for the color of the skin and hair. By stimulating melanin, chocolate therefore helps to Maintain the color of your mane and slows down the appearance of white hair.

The chocolate hair mask, good or bad idea?

In view of its antioxidant properties and its many virtues on the health of the hair, the use of dark chocolate directly in mask on hair fiber could offer good results.

If you want to test chocolate in a hair mask, melt four or five squares of dark chocolate 80 % cocoa in a double boiler. Then mix them with a crushed half-avocado and a spoon of castor oil. Apply everything on your hair, wick by wick, insisting on the tips, and let put an hour. Rinse and then wash your hair with your usual shampoo. Never forget above all masks or care to test the recipe beforehand on a small square of skin to verify that you have no allergy.

You can replace the chocolate with 4 to 5 pure pure cocoa cutters and use olive oil instead of avocado and castor oil.

If you prefer to eat chocolate, no problem! You will already enjoy its benefits by tasting it and you can opt for other natural hair masks, less expensive and always 100 % homemade. You will find recipes on our blog lawyer, of egg mask or sCoconut oil or with wheat germ oil.