Blackcurrants Boost Eyes
Blackcurrants sure make tasty jam, but now they have been proven as a jummy ingredient for your beauty routine too.
For centuries, women have suffered from the common yet often unsightly complaint of dark circles under the eyes. Aside from making you look tired and sometimes ill, the main problem is trying to conceal them effectively and ultimately eradicate any trace!
There are many contributing factors to the development of these dark circles such as age, ill health and constant lack of sleep but what many women haven’t realised is that there is in fact a very simple solution to the problem, which doesn’t involve expensive eye creams, and it comes in the form of a very small yet very powerful blackcurrant.
Researchers in Japan have just completed an intensive study which highlights the beneficial effects of blackcurrants on reducing dark circles under the eyes. Blackcurrants have long been renowned for their benefits in helping to improve blood circulation but less well known however, is that this improved circulation can also help reduce the dark rings around and predominantly under the eyes.
This common beauty problem has been the subject of a study using 33 healthy women by researchers in Japan at Hirosaki University. The tests proved conclusively that the consumption of blackcurrants improved the blood flow around the optical nerves and drastically reduced the effect of ‘sagging eyes’.
It is thought that the effect is derived from the ability of the natural components in blackcurrants, such as anthocyanins, to increase the blood flow in the capillaries in these dark regions thereby delivering more oxygen to the tissues. This encourages them to expand, helping to reduce the dark shadowed effect.
And the good news is that it’s not just fresh blackcurrants that can help! Blackcurrants in any form will do the trick, so get your daily dose in the form of juices, jams, fruit smoothies, pies or of course fresh and frozen blackcurrants.