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Chocolate On The Brain
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Sweet!: Chocolate as brain food.As if Newscripts really needs another excuse to pad its waistline with chocolate delights, researchers supported by the Mars chocolate bar company report that CHOCOLATE might benefit the brain. U.S. and English scientists announced at last month s American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting that chocolate-derived flavanols boost mouse memory and brain blood flow.
This putative perk of chocolate-derived flavanols adds to previously reported cardiovascular benefits and last summer s study in the Journal of Nutrition that suggested these chocolate components might make for a good sunscreen.
Although Newscripts celebrates the cacao bean and all of its chemistry, it does question whether the health benefits of consuming chocolate to absorb its flavanols outweigh the health cost of chocolate s high sugar and fat content—especially given the rising rates of obesity.
In fact, Newscripts is tempted to enable further pondering of this challenging question with a square of deep dark chocolate. Mmmm.
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