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Mumbai, Dec 11: Indulging in a piece of dark chocolate may do more than satisfy a sweet craving — it could potentially help slow biological aging, according to new research from King’s College London.

The study focused on a naturally occurring compound in dark chocolate called theobromine. Researchers measured blood theobromine levels in over 1,600 adults across two European cohorts (UK and Germany) and compared them with markers of biological age derived from DNA. Participants with higher theobromine levels tended to have a biologically younger profile than their actual calendar age.

The study used two independent measures of molecular age: DNA methylation patterns and telomere length — both well-established indicators of aging. Remarkably, the associ

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