Here’s
more good news for chocolate lovers, according to an article on the BBC website,
“A study of 60 elderly people with no dementia found two cups of cocoa a day
improved blood flow to the brain in those who had problems to start with.”
My
quick questions was “Does increased blood flow = something good?”
Satisfyingly, the
answer is “yes.” According to the article, “Those participants whose blood flow
improved also did better on memory tests at the end of the study, the journal
Neurology reported.”
This
study has been pick up by dozens of websites. Here’s a link to the BBC site
where I first saw it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23607879
And
here’s a link to the Science Daily site if you prefer a site with slightly more
scientific gravitas: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130807204447.htm
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