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Can chocolate make you look younger?

Update : 06 Sep 2013, 03:40 PM

Yes it is a question that needs to be seen with much sincerity, a question that will put frown on the faces of the parents and will make children almost jump up in joy.

There was a time when young lads all over the world were cautioned against eating too much chocolate, particularly because excessive amount of it can cause harm to out dental regions. While the sugar and not the chocolate were always likely to cause most of the damage, if any of these chocolate induced harm were true then researchers now have come up with this ground-breaking result that “chocolate can actually benefit ones skin” and adding to that is the message “the darker the better.”

However, the dark chocolate we talk about is the basic procession of cocoa to its delicious consumption form which has many physical aids besides mental ones.

Recent studies have shown that people who intake dark chocolate can stay under the sun twice as long as other people without suffering any burns or skin damage. It is believed so that dark chocolate allows powerful protection against harmful UV rays.

Dark chocolate is packed full of age-resisting antioxidants and flavanoids, while remaining high in caffeine, which is thought to prevent the onset of degenerative brain illnesses in later life with effects of being optimistic as many drugs do. The higher the cocoa count, the better for having an affirmative mindset.

It is not strange matter that optimism helps people retain their youthfulness and on the plus side their desire for taste is certainly not being compromised, so swap it in instead of milk chocolate next time a sweet craving takes hold.

Source:  Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology

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