Chocolate Accelerates Memory
Bryan Nash | Oct 01, 2012 | Comments 3 |
Natural chemicals in chocolate called flavonoids are so good at boosting memory and learning that even Canadian snails get smarter when they chow down on chocolate. An experiment on these mollusks shows that chocolate directly benefits the neurons that store memory.
Snails learn things at a snail’s pace, but researchers at the University of Calgary have made a science of teaching them to periodically keep their breathing tubes closed. Normally, a snail retains knowledge of this breathing tube trick for about three hours. But when the animals were treated with flavonoids from chocolate and given a little extra breathing tube practice, they retained the trick for three days.
The researchers conclude that even if you don’t have a breathing tube, chocolate may help your brain emerge from a pond of despond and function at a higher level.
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Very enlightening!
Great information!
I just returned from the store with a load of different coco bars. I found one being made from a small firm in NYC. People are taking the raw bitter coco and mixing it with coconut oil, Stevia, and Himalayan Sea salt my favorite. We in America think of Hershey milk chocolate when you hear chocolate but that being mixed with milk is not of any value but adding more sugar. You need coco. One of the bars is mixed with coconut oil and cherry and contains only 5 mg of sugar. Still a little bitter but melt it and mix it with stevia it is a little better.