(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has discovered for the first time that dark chocolate rich in flavanols may provide significant protection from the harmful effects of ultraviolet light.

Medicine & Health - Health

Nov 06, 2009 5 / 5 (9) 3

It is widely known that fruit contains antioxidants which may be beneficial to health. New research published in the open access journal Chemistry Central Journal demonstrates that chocolate is a rich source of antioxidants and co ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Feb 07, 2011 5 / 5 (6) 2

They say that laughter is the best medicine, but some people might endorse chocolate instead. The dark variety has been shown to reduce blood pressure better than a placebo. Scientists credit the flavanols in dark chocolate ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Aug 17, 2010 4.2 / 5 (5) 5

A new study by UCSF cardiologists and researchers found that high concentrations of cocoa flavanols decrease blood pressure, improve the health of blood vessels and increase the number of circulating blood-vessel-forming ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Jul 06, 2010 5 / 5 (3) 0

A recent study confirms that the antioxidants and other plant-based nutrients in chocolate and cocoa products are highly associated with the amount of non-fat cocoa-derived ingredients in the product. The study expands on ...

Chemistry - Other

Nov 25, 2009 2.4 / 5 (5) 1

In time for the chocolate-giving and chocolate-noshing fest on Valentine's Day, scientists are reporting discovery of how this treat boosts the body's production of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) — the "good" ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Feb 07, 2011 3.7 / 5 (3) 0

In a study published this month in the Journal of Food Science, scientists from The Hershey Company and Brunswick Laboratories (Norton, MA) showed that over 85% of the cocoa flavanols were preserved in recipes for chocol ...

Other Sciences - Other

Aug 13, 2009 5 / 5 (2) 0

Engineers working on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are bringing out the COCOA this winter, but it's not a warm beverage. Rather, it's a way to check that the mirrors are perfectly shaped and will work ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Dec 15, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0

As evidence regarding the health benefits of consuming dark chocolate and cocoa mounts, there has been an increasing debate about which cocoa and chocolate products deliver the most beneficial compounds, known as flavanols, ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Mar 10, 2011 4.5 / 5 (2) 1

The mouth-watering aroma of roasted cocoa beans — key ingredient for chocolate — emerges from substances that individually smell like potato chips, cooked meat, peaches, raw beef fat, cooked cabbage, human sweat, ...

Chemistry - Other

Aug 29, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Manoel Jose Leite, a small-scale organic farmer, is set to pioneer low-carbon agriculture in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, which for decades has been destroyed by expanding agribusiness.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 12, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1