The results of a study published in the online journal Nature Neuroscience point to a significant improvement in memory for test subjects who consumed ample amounts of
chocolate.
For three months, healthy subjects aged 50 to 69 drank a
chocolate mix with different levels of antioxidants (cocoa flavanols). Those who drank a high level mix scored
higher in memory tests than those who drank a low level mix.
Brain scans were used in the research.
According to the study’s principal author, Dr. Scott A.
Small, a neurologist at Columbia University Medical Center, the subjects who
improved in memory scored in ranges normally associated with test-takers considerably
younger, even as much as 30 years.
Scientists posit that memory improvement like this comes
from an increase in blood flow or neuronal connections in the brain.
Though an unusually large amount of chocolate would be
needed to duplicate the conditions of the study in the average life,
researchers are nevertheless encouraged by the results.
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