New research shows that eating a piece of dark chocolate a day can protect the skin from the effects of aging caused by exposure to the sun.
The newspaper "Daily Mail" British scientists at the clinic, "the skin of the European Medicine" in London as saying that eating two pieces per day of dark chocolate helps prevent the appearance of wrinkles caused by UV radiation.
The scientists said the British to eat this kind of chocolate a daily basis can also reduce the risk of skin cancer. But they added that black chocolate is only effective in this area because they are rich in antioxidants "flavanols", which consists naturally in cocoa beans is the main ingredient of chocolate.
The study showed that wrinkles appeared to be less when the volunteers who ate chocolate, rich in flavanols. The researchers said that "the primary mechanism is the anti-oxidation and inflammation, but the traditional chocolate does not contain this efficiency."
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