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Study: Cocoa boosts brain, another excuse to like chocolate

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posted on Feb, 19 2007 @ 12:41 PM
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Ha! more of the choco loco stuff.

Keep it coming so I can justify eating chocolates

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As if people needed another excuse to like chocolate, new studies suggest a specially formulated type of cocoa may boost brain function and delay decline as people age, researchers said on Sunday.



Scientists, speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco, presented results from early studies testing the effects on the brain of flavanols, an ingredient found in cocoa.



Funded by candy maker Mars Inc., which provided a specially formulated liquid cocoa concoction for the research, the studies suggest that flavanols increase blood flow to the brain and may hold promise



posted on Mar, 8 2007 @ 03:34 AM
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I worship chocolate.....it's trully a blessing



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