Health

So far, we believe that to have good eyes we must eat carrots frequently. But for those who are not fond of carrots, dark chocolate can be an option. Dark chocolate has even more benefits than carrots.

Recent research found that dark chocolate can increase the ability of the eye to see in low visibility situations, such as bad weather for example.

Moreover, this study also adds the results of previous studies showing that eating chocolate can make the vision is sharper.

Other benefits offered are dark chocolate can lower blood pressure and also appears to have beneficial effects on cholesterol levels, platelet function and insulin sensitivity.

In this latest study, researchers from England's University of Reading studied 30 men and women ages 18 to 25 years to test the ability of vision and thought for a few hours after eating chocolate regularly regular size.

There were two tests conducted, first test by eating a bar of dark chocolate and a second test with white chocolate. The difference is in the content of flavanols, the naturally occurring compounds in cocoa. Of course, dark chocolate contains more flavanols than white chocolate.

The result, researchers found that the ability of flavanol-containing cocoa can increase blood flow to the brain and the researchers speculate that this may also increase blood flow to the retina of the eye.

The good news is that other studies have shown positive effects of cocoa flavanols on blood flow is even greater for people over the age of 25 years. ** [rs]