When you think of brain food, healthy snacks like blueberries or walnuts probably come to mind.
But it turns out that chocolate is great for your noggin too.
Researchers found that regular chocolate consumption improve our brains' cognitive ability to function.
Beyond the usual enjoyment we get from chocolate, scientists have found that eating it helps improve working memory, abstract reasoning and visual-spacial memory.
Well, there goes my method of "forgetting" that I already ate a piece. Or two. Or five.
And there's a method to this "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs" brand of science too: the darker the chocolate, the better it is for you.
The study also found that the sweet treat has been used to reduce fevers, treat childhood diarrhoea, increase breast milk production, encourage sleep and clean teeth.
Just don't go crazy: your dentist still probably wouldn't recommend brushing twice daily with chocolate syrup.
But it turns out that chocolate is great for your noggin too.
Researchers found that regular chocolate consumption improve our brains' cognitive ability to function.
Beyond the usual enjoyment we get from chocolate, scientists have found that eating it helps improve working memory, abstract reasoning and visual-spacial memory.
And there's a method to this "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs" brand of science too: the darker the chocolate, the better it is for you.
The study also found that the sweet treat has been used to reduce fevers, treat childhood diarrhoea, increase breast milk production, encourage sleep and clean teeth.
Just don't go crazy: your dentist still probably wouldn't recommend brushing twice daily with chocolate syrup.
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