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Chocolate might be a sweet treat, but a sinful indulgence. Interestingly, research says, is actually good for you just another reason to grab a bite of this dark delight!Protects skin against the suns ageing effects

Dark chocolate can protect the skin against the ageing effects that is influenced by the sun according to new research. According to Scientists who have carried out the study at European Dermatology London UK, a daily portion of dark chocolate may lower the risk of skin cancer. But it only work in the case of dark chocolate that is very high in flavanols, the antioxidants that occur naturally in cocoa beans, reports a daily. In the research, scientists found that participants who ate flavanol-rich chocolate could tolerate more wrinkle-causing UV light on their skin than those who ate a lower-flavanol chocolate. The researchers said, The main mechanism is likely to be anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. But conventional chocolate had no such effect.

A good stress buster

An Indian-origin researcher has provided people worldwide the perfect excuse to grab a bar of chocolate: eating dark chocolate every day can reduce stress. The study, published online in ACS Journal of Proteome Research claims that an ounce and a half of dark chocolate (just a little over 40 gm) a day for two weeks reduces levels of stress hormones. It was also noted that chocolates partially corrected other stress-related biochemical imbalances.

Sunil Kochhar and his team took into account the scientific evidence of the benefits of chocolate consumption for their study. Their special focus was on antioxidants and other beneficial substances in dark chocolate. The scientists identified reductions in stress hormones and other stress-related biochemical changes in volunteers, who rated themselves as highly stressed and ate dark chocolate for two weeks. The researchers said , The study provides strong evidence that a daily consumption of 40 gm of chocolate during a period of two weeks is sufficient to modify the metabolism of healthy human volunteers

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