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E.G.D.Just in case you missed it, there’s even more good news for beachcombers!
First wine, and now chocolate for sun protection… It keeps getting better and better.
As if we needed another reason to eat chocolate: German researchers have shown that ingesting types rich in cocoa solids and flavonoids—dark chocolate—can fight skin cancer! Their findings are only preliminary because they come from a trial of just 24 women who were recruited to add cocoa to their breakfasts every day for about 3 months. (Why, oh why, wasn’t I one of them?)
…Moreover, after 12 weeks of consuming the flavanol-rich cocoa, the women’s skin was 16 percent denser, 11 percent thicker, 13 percent moister, 30 percent less rough, and 42 percent less scaly than it was at the beginning of the experiment. Although the mechanism for most of these benefits remains unclear, the Düsseldorf researchers suspect that improved blood flow was a contributor. (Source: ScienceNews.org)
I only have one question: Where do I sign up for the next study?
My Stash (©Jody Diehl)
Hmmmmm. Wine, chocolate…Would you like to have a guess as to what the next study might involve? 😉
I’ll skip the botox! Please pass the chocolate!
Check it out: Chocolate as Sunscreen
Wine (& Grapes) for Sun Protection
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