Chocolate announced as a "Super Food" and "Super Fruit"

It's hardly news that dark chocolate contains some healthy goodies such as antioxidants and polyphenols. But now, according to new research, headlines have been a "super fruit" dubbing chocolate.
Last time, chocolate - dark or not checked - not as a my five daily counts. But in fact, leading scientist Dr. Debra Miller really was said:

Cocoa seeds should as a ' super fruit' and products of cocoa seed extracts as natural cocoa and dark chocolate as "super foods".

The study will be published in the chemistry Central journal.
Miller and colleagues compared fruits like Acai berries, blueberries, cranberries and pomegranates cocoa powders from Boden-Up "super food" made. According to Miller, they found that "the connections in dark chocolate as well as the botanical compounds in fruit."
What does this mean for Chocoholics? The scientists recommend the benefits of this new "super fruit", cocoa powder, recipes and drinks to get can use.
Use this new study, and the headlines as a pretext to scoff down extra chocolate though excited.
Chocolate is very high in calories, sugar and Fat.Dunkle chocolate or cocoa powder gives only the benefits cited in the study.The Hershey Company (chocolate manufacturers) sponsored this research, so obviously a vested interest will encourage us to eat more chocolate.
Thinking chocolate can or should be part of a balanced diet?

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Fruit and vegetables ' skin ' Tan without the Sun

Take fruit and vegetables, says like carrots and tomatoes, gives a more attractive complexion than regular suntans, a new study.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), reduces high fruit and vegetable intake is a risk of cancer, heart disease and stroke; Which data claims 2.7 million eating more fruits and vegetables can save lives worldwide every year.
But, nutrients and antioxidants in fruits and vegetables are also responsible for better complexion.
Published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior, say researchers carotenoids-a group of powerful antioxidants-found in plant foods such as carrots and tomatoes give people a "healthy glow."
The scientists put nutrients in fruit and vegetable sector, particularly antioxidants, are the building blocks for the production of new skin cells.
For the study, researchers used a computer program which allows study participants to change the images of 51 faces, by increasing or decreasing their skin tone based on suntan or carotenoids. People told to color the faces to make them look as healthy as possible. In the end, the study participants the appearance of the faces tanned with carotenoids on the sun tan ned faces preference.
Most people tan in the Sun, but overexposure to the Sun-i.e. ultraviolet rays-can lead to cancer of the skin. The United States Centers for disease and prevention lists sunburn early in life as a risk factor for cancer of the skin.
The Skin Cancer Foundation recommends avoiding tanning salons and tanning lamps, and using Sun screen when outside in the Sun.
But sunlight is important. Our bodies convert ultraviolet rays to vitamin d. vitamin d that helps prevent depression, cancer, heart disease and other maladies.

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