Cocoa butter : benefits, effects and everything one must know.

After hearing this name, cocoa butter one may dream of chocolate desserts, puddings and fudges. But this tasty ingredient is also used in skin creams and other health and beauty products.

Originally, cocoa butter is a type of fat that comes from cocoa beans. Beans, which are taken out from larger cacao plant are first roasted is stripped and then pressed to separate out fat. This fat is only cocoa butter.

Cocoa has a history of being used in medicine since 3000 years ago. Recently researchers have discovered that phytochemicals, present in cocoa may help you. The benefits will help to keep your body and skin healthy.

• Benefits of cocoa butter.

Cocoa butter has a good fatty acid content. This is the main reason why often it is claimed for his ability to hydrate and nourish skin. The fatty acid that arrives from cocoa butter forms a protective barrier over skin to hold moisture.

Cocoa butter is also have good reserves of natural plant compounds called phyto chemicals. Phyto chemicals are known to improve blood flow to skin and slow skin ageing. Addition to these, it also helps in protecting against damage from UV rays.

Another most common use of cocoa butter is to smooth scars, wrinkles an other stretch marks on the skin. Women worldwide believe that cocoa butter, creams and lotions can be used during and after pregnancy to minimise appearance of stretch marks.

• Do researchers support these facts ?

Although cocoa butter may smell good and feel luxurious when you rub it on your body. But till now there is no such proof available that it will improve your skin appearance.

Meanwhile, when it arrives to treating scars and stretch marks, there is no research so far which is quite compelling. Some of the recent studies on cocoa butter for stretch marks suggest that it doesn’t work any better than an active cream.

• Things to keep in mind before using cocoa butter.

Although cocoa butter is considered safe to use on your skin scientifically. Several commercially available brands of cocoa butter creams claim that it is safe to use during pregnancy. But people who are sensitive to cocoa or fats or any other ingredient present in cocoa butter products may cause rash and allergic reactions.

During a human study in 2015, it was found that cocoa butter product had anti estrogenic effects. It subsequently reduces or blocks the effect of female hormone oestrogen on female body.

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