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Chocolate is good against wrinkles -

It almost sounds to good to be true, but British scientists claim to have discovered that eating a small amount of dark chocolate each day could prevent the aging effects of the sun.
Even the chances of getting skin cancer would be lower with a daily portion of pure chocolate. These benefits are only given by […]

Popularity: 35% [?]

Sunlight helps with cancer prevention -

A frequent exposure to UV light helps with the prevention of breast and prostate cancer.
This is shown by scientific research of the Hage hospital in the Hague and the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam both in the Netherlands. The known effects of exposure to UV rays are staying behind with the latest scientific knowledge about […]

Popularity: 21% [?]

Sunbathing regularly good for brain -

Sunbathing regularly has a positive influence on the brain, because it stimulates the generation of vitamin D by the body. This was discovered by British scientists.
Researchers at the University of Manchester tested about 3000 men in the ages of 40 till 79 and measured how fast and careful their brains could process and retain information. […]

Popularity: 18% [?]

Caffeine in sunscreen could prevent skin cancer -

Caffeine in sunscreen could prevent skin cancer, according to researchers.
Sunscreen made form coffee, tea or chocolate could prevent the most common form of skin cancer in the future. A researcher proved that caffeine protects the skin against ultraviolet rays.
During laboratory tests it was shown that caffeine destroys cells that have been damaged by UV rays […]

Popularity: 21% [?]

Sun prevents lung cancer -

In an investigation into lung cancer in 111 countries, researchers discovered that lung cancer is less prominent in countries that are closer to the equator. In the report, which is published in the British Medical Journal, the researchers say that the probable cause is the greater exposure to UVB rays. The greater amount of vitamin […]

Popularity: 13% [?]

Being more in the sun helps against depression -

Elderly who go more often out into the sun have less chance of being depressed than elderly who stay indoors. This is the result of an investigation by the VU medical center among 1282 elderly.
Exposure of the skin to solar light increase the amount of vitamin D in the blood. This vitamin helps to reduce […]

Popularity: 24% [?]

Coffee as sunscreen -

A study done at Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA, shows that caffeine in combination with exercise gives protection agains UVB. This is the radiation in sun light that can cause skin cancer. The Americans gave hairless mice (which are very sensitive to skin cancer) water with caffeine, or a wheel to run in or […]

Popularity: 20% [?]

Alleviate hay fever with UVB -

Optical fibers can shine light where normally light doesn’t shine and that can have its benefits. By shining UVB light into the nasal cavities, you become less sensitive to hay fever. This was shown with an experiment among 49 hay fever patients.
Popularity: 12% [?]

Popularity: 12% [?]

The good and the bad of the sun -

The sun is not only bad news, it also has beneficial effects on the body. The effects of solar light on the body:

Positive

Negative

With measure sunlight has positive effects with skin diseases like psoriasis and eczema

Excessive exposure to the sun can aggravate skin diseases and several internal diseases

Prevents malformed bones and muscle aches and can possibly […]

Popularity: 17% [?]

Pomegranate against sunburn -

Research has shown that an extract from pomegranate fruit is rich in polyphenols and has three times the anti oxidative effect as red wine or green tea. Sunbathers who took the pomegranate extract, next to using sunscreen, burned 25% slower than people who only used sunscreen.
Popularity: 14% [?]

Popularity: 14% [?]