Scientists claim to have invented 'anti-aging' chocolate
QMI AGENCY
First posted: Monday, February 23, 2015 11:00 AM EST
It's being touted as "the world’s first Beauty Chocolate" and it will make its debut at a conference in the U.K. next month.
"(Esthechoc) is based on 70% Cocoa dark chocolate and represents a combination of two of the most powerful antioxidants with pleotropic anti-aging properties – cocoa flavanols and marine carotenoid astaxanthin," claims Lycotec, a Cambridge-based company.
Those ingredients don't roll off the tongue easily but the firm wants us to believe in their new product.
"The superior efficacy of Estechoc over existing leading dark chocolate and food supplement products has been demonstrated in extensive clinical trials," it says.
According to techtimes.com, Dr. Ivan Petyaev, the inventor of the technology behind Esthechoc, said that clinical trials were conducted on over 3,000 participants between 50 and 60 years old.
He said his research showed that the biomarkers of the participant's skin were bought back to those of a 20 or 30-year-old person.
Not everyone is sharing Lycotec's excitement.
Naveed Sattar, a professor of Metabolic Medicine at Glasgow University, told the Telegraph that more clinical trials are needed to prove the company’s “strong” claims.
Scientists claim to have invented 'anti-aging' chocolate | Health & Fitness | Li
QMI AGENCY
First posted: Monday, February 23, 2015 11:00 AM EST
It's being touted as "the world’s first Beauty Chocolate" and it will make its debut at a conference in the U.K. next month.
"(Esthechoc) is based on 70% Cocoa dark chocolate and represents a combination of two of the most powerful antioxidants with pleotropic anti-aging properties – cocoa flavanols and marine carotenoid astaxanthin," claims Lycotec, a Cambridge-based company.
Those ingredients don't roll off the tongue easily but the firm wants us to believe in their new product.
"The superior efficacy of Estechoc over existing leading dark chocolate and food supplement products has been demonstrated in extensive clinical trials," it says.
According to techtimes.com, Dr. Ivan Petyaev, the inventor of the technology behind Esthechoc, said that clinical trials were conducted on over 3,000 participants between 50 and 60 years old.
He said his research showed that the biomarkers of the participant's skin were bought back to those of a 20 or 30-year-old person.
Not everyone is sharing Lycotec's excitement.
Naveed Sattar, a professor of Metabolic Medicine at Glasgow University, told the Telegraph that more clinical trials are needed to prove the company’s “strong” claims.
Scientists claim to have invented 'anti-aging' chocolate | Health & Fitness | Li