Eating Chocolate Could Improve Brain Function

Specifically, by looking at the daily diets of 968 participants over several months, researchers were able to find a statistically significant relationship between eating chocolate and a broad range of brain functions.

Researchers at University of South Australia, University of ME and the Luxembourg Institute of Health carried out Visual-Spatial Memory and Organization, Working Memory, Scanning and Tracking, Abstract Reasoning, and the Mini-Mental State Examination on people and discovered that people who ate chocolates performed better! An emerging study found that regularly eating chocolates has been linked to better brain function, regardless of other dietary routines.

During the study, the researchers evaluated data gathered during a previous study wherein residents of Syracuse, New York, were assessed for dietary consumption and risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

Researchers also shared that against the decline of cognitive according to the age; the regular intake of cocoa flavanols will also even helps to increase the cognitive function irrespective of ages.

No more feeling guilty about that chocolate intake.

“With the exception of working memory, these relations were not attenuated with statistical control for cardiovascular, lifestyle and dietary factors”, says Georgie Crichton.

They also note how historically, although not necessarily scientifically, chocolate has been used to encourage sleep, clean teeth, treat childhood diarrhoea, reduce fevers, and has been suggested as an aphrodisiac.

Past scientific studies also connected chocolate to reduced stroke risks and skin protection against sun damage.

Flavanols are more abundant in dark chocolate than milk or white, meaning that budding geniuses should pair square of the high-cocoa count sweet stuff with other flavanol-filled superfoods like tea, red wine, grapes or apples.