Eating Dark Chocolate Has A Beneficial Result On Visual Acuity

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It may not be long till the days when folks will really ask their kids to eat their chocolate. A new report at the University of Reading found that dark chocolate that contains cocoa flavanols has a positive effect on vision and may help folk with poor vision improve their visual acuity naturally.

Flavanols are phytonutrient compounds that are found in: apples, grapes, tea, cocoa and cherries. The results of the study showed that cocoa flavanols improved visual contrast sensitivity and reduced the time required to recognise motion direction. Because cocoa flavanols are known to improve blood circulation and increase blood flow, researchers think that increased visual sharpness and motion detection is because of the increased blood flow to the retina of the eye.

The study was performed among 30 healthy young adults. They were asked to eat both dark chocolate containing 720 mg cocoa flavanols and the matching amount of white chocolate. A vision examination, performed 2 hours later on disclosed a 13% improvement of their vision.

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In helping us process motion direction, it is helping a certain part of the brain, not just retinal receptors. So dark chocolate is good for the brain. This is consistent with an article I read in Scientific American Mind.