Boosting Brain Power — With Chocolate
May 16, 2008 by admin
Filed under Health, Healthy Dark Chocolate
ScienceDaily (Feb. 22, 2007) — Eating chocolate could help to sharpen up the mind and give a short-term boost to cognitive skills, a University of Nottingham expert has found.
A study led by Professor Ian Macdonald found that consumption of a cocoa drink rich in flavanols — a key ingredient of dark chocolate — boosts blood flow to key areas of the brain for two to three hours.
Increased blood flow to these areas of the brain may help to increase performance in specific tasks and boost general alertness over a short period. Read more