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 Post subject: Here's one for chocoholics to chew on
PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2015 7:16 pm 
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After consuming drinks enriched with compounds found in cocoa beans for three months, the performance of people aged 50 to 69 on a memory test was akin to someone several decades younger.

Problem is, if you want such a benefit from eating chocolate, you would have to eat staggering amounts.

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The small study is the latest to suggest that chemicals in cocoa called flavanols can have beneficial effects on the brain. Flavanols are a type of chemical found naturally in cocoa beans, blueberries, green tea and red wine. Previous studies have suggested that mice on a flavanol-rich diet showed enhanced memory and greater blood flow to certain areas of the brain. Scott Small, a neurologist at Columbia University in New York City, wanted to see what affect a similar regime might have on the human brain.

To find out, his team instructed 19 volunteers aged 50 to 69 to drink 900 milligrams a day of powdered cocoa flavanols mixed with water or milk. This dosage was spread over two drinks each day. Another 18 people had to drink a similar beverage that contained just 10 milligrams of the compounds.

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 Post subject: Re: Here's one for chocoholics to chew on
PostPosted: Sat May 02, 2015 8:48 am 
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Interesting... now I know what I'll have to drink during the 3 months leading up to my exams each semester!

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 Post subject: Re: Here's one for chocoholics to chew on
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Interesting... now I know what I'll have to drink during the 3 months leading up to my exams each semester!


lol..That would be a good idea if the studies are accurate...

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 Post subject: Re: Here's one for chocoholics to chew on
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BuDo wrote:
ltsune wrote:
Interesting... now I know what I'll have to drink during the 3 months leading up to my exams each semester!


lol..That would be a good idea if the studies are accurate...

Yeah, you never know these days. Some scientists seem to be nothing more than "headline-scientists" these days. It has probably always been like that, but the internet has really given them a voice. You know, those people who only research stuff that can make a good headline if found to be true.

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BuDo wrote:
ltsune wrote:
Interesting... now I know what I'll have to drink during the 3 months leading up to my exams each semester!


lol..That would be a good idea if the studies are accurate...

Yeah, you never know these days. Some scientists seem to be nothing more than "headline-scientists" these days. It has probably always been like that, but the internet has really given them a voice. You know, those people who only research stuff that can make a good headline if found to be true.


It's more like journalists take the research conclusions completely out of context, then simplify them to the point they lose their meaning :/

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