Can Chocolate Ward Off Wrinkles?
November 5, 2009 by Heather R.
Filed under Chocolate Links, Chocolate News, Health and Chocolate
We know that research is being done on how chocolate can help in the recovery from a heart attack, how chocolate milk can help sore muscles heal, how it could prevent malaria, protect against dementia, keep your bones healthy, and help with headaches, and now we can add one more to this ever-growing list: wrinkles!
Research published in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology is showing that the same antioxidants that are good for your heart are also good for your skin, and that a daily dose of dark chocolate could very well keep you looking younger. Sounds like my kind of fountain of youth!
The study, which included 30 healthy adults at an average age of 42, found that the volunteers who ate a daily portion of 20 grams of dark chocolate drops could tolerate more wrinkle-causing UV light on their skin than those who identical-looking chocolate drops with lower flavonol content.
The flavonols in the chocolate appear to repair sun damaged cells for smoother skin, and show a reduction of wrinkles by up to 25%.
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