REAL LIFE NEWS: SEE, I TOLD YOU CHOCOLATE WAS GOOD FOR YOU!
by Hazed
Eating chocolate makes you smarter, a new study says. Now this is a result that makes me cheer.
A recent study indicates that people who scoffed chocolate at least once a week saw their memory and abstract thinking improve, compared to those who ate it less often.
The researchers examined 1,000 people who were taking part in a long-term health study and who were taking regular cognitive tests. They found that eating chocolate was strongly linked to superior brain function.
But they needed to check whether the chocolate improved the brain function, or if people who are smarter tend to eat more chocolate, so they studied 333 of the participants in detail, and found that looking at cognitive ability did not allow them to predict whether a person was a chocolate eater.
“Our study definitely indicates that the direction is not that cognitive ability affects chocolate consumption, but that chocolate consumption affects cognitive ability,” a researcher said.
This tallies with previous research which has shown that a diet rich in cocoa can help stave off memory loss in the elderly, and that drinking cocoa made mental arithmetic easier.
Great news. Pass me the choccy!
Of course this isn’t the first time that reports have claimed eating chocolate is good for you. For a rundown of how much salt to take with those reports, see the second link below.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/12187042/Chocolate-makes-you-smarter-study-suggests.html
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2016/mar/08/can-chocolate-make-you-smarter-and-thinner-and-healthier
