"researchers at the UK's Northumbria university found the high level of cocoa flavanols anchored in chocolate improved cognitive performance in arithmatic tests. "
“Foods containing high levels of cocoa flavanols, found in chocolate, have been shown to increase cerebral blood flow, and...."
blah, blah, blah, some other stuff,
said Crystal Haskell at the Brain, Performance and Nutrition Research centre at Northumbria university,
Obviously my deficiency in flavanols explains why I am drinking so much cocoa these days.
I was particularly delighted by this paragraph:
Commenting on the findings Professor David Kennedy from Northumbria university added: “The results presented in the symposium show that medicinal herbal extracts and plant-derived chemical compounds from common foodstuffs can also improve cognitive performance and mood.”
They're just figuring this out now?
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