Green Tea and Chocolate for Smoother Softer Skin

We all know green tea is great for the skin, but chocolate too?

Green tea and chocolate contain flavonoids, an antioxidant that protects skin against free radicals.  Free radicals build up due to environmental hazards like pollution and sunlight and prematurely age and damage the skin.

Ingesting flavonoids is a great way to target free radicals and potentially ward off cancer and inflammation as well.

Green tea also contains a high concentration of polyphenols, chemicals with potent antioxidant properties that also fight off free radicals!

You can also use green tea bags topically to: 

  • soothe sunburns
  • soothe bug bites
  • reduce puffy eyes and dark under eye circles
  • calms skin after shaving

Related blog posts: