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"  A bottle of zinfandel and a bar of chocolate may not seem like the ultimate beach snack, but scientists beg to differ. Spanish researchers just discovered that a compound in red wine called flavanoids may help protect against damage to your skin from the sun. And as we reported a few weeks ago, eating certain kinds of chocolate can have the same effect. The study, which was published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, found that flavonoids may keep your skin from forming &amp;quot;reactive oxygen species&amp;quot; (ROSs). ROSs are what react with UV rays to lead to a sunburn. (And if chugging a glass of red at the beach isn&amp;#039;t your thing, the scientists say you can stick to grapes, which offer the same protective benefits as wine.) But this discovery doesn&amp;#039;t mean you can can skip using sunscreen altogether\u2014or even cut back, for that matter. Your best bet is to slather on the SPF just like you usually do and use these new findings as an excuse to sip on a glass of your favorite vino rosso for good measure. Find out more about Cosmo&amp;#039;s Practice Safe Sun campaign here. And learn about the FDA&amp;#039;s new sunscreen regulations. And read other reasons why wine is good for your health. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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