Posted on 10/26/2014 5:34:31 PM PDT by Innovative
In case anyone needed another reason to love chocolate, a new study suggests that a natural compound found in cocoa, tea and some vegetables can reverse age-related memory loss.
The findings suggest that the compound increases connectivity and, subsequently, blood flow in a region of the brain critical to memory, the researchers said.
Researchers said that if a person had the memory of a typical 60-year-old at the beginning of the study, after three months, on average, that person’s memory would function more like a 30- or 40-year-old’s. The researchers also cautioned that more work is needed because of the study’s small sample size.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Maybe, but not useful to the memory loss in dementia.
So....then....must be why somedays I’m lucid, ‘cause I eat those chocolate cookies Mrs. RQSR makes.
Not to self to eat more of Mrs. RQSR’s cookies.
Special drink made up by Mars which payed for the study.
It does sound interesting.
IPA’s have to be good for you also, don’t they?
Perfect study aids - Chocolate milk and classical music.
This must be why I’ve been so smart lately. I ate a whole bag of chocolates a few days ago. Ate so much I got sleepy and needed a nap.
How many times has the MSM run stories of this type, and then that’s the last we ever hear of it again, or (maybe worse) it’s all shown to be BS a few months or years down the road.
I think the MSM is virtually 100% agenda nonsense.
All they want are eyeballs, and they don’t care how dumb the brains are behind the eyeballs.
Just in time for candy season.
Heard about dark chocolate ages ago. Has to be at least 6 years because I was taking classes then. Haven’t had chocolate in a while so my memory is foggy. Best thing that ever helped me right before a test was getting lost on the way to the proctoring center, walking out of my way because of construction on campus and getting pissed as hell. Math test, too. Couldn’t do it now.
Thank you for posting this; I needed the reminder.
I set out a chocolate bar that I was going to eat today (actually, it’s been sitting around since Christmas, and I just noticed this morning and put it where I couldn’t miss it, so I’d eat it today). And I still forgot. At least I know what went wrong: age-related memory loss brought on by not eating that chocolate last December.
Who says newspapers never publish good news!
Why?
Made by Mars? Damn illegal aliens.
Just looked it up.
2/3 of chocolate from West Africa even though chocolate is from Mexico.
I read Ebola will make chocolate prices inflate.
HA! Ya beat me to it! :)
My short term memory is better when I exercise regularly. Obviously the greater blood flow during exercise helps a lot of organs in the body, including heart, brain, kidneys, muscles and lungs.
My hip pain disappeared after taking up golf. I thought I was going to need hip replacement. Ditto with back pain.
My theory is when muscles get weak, more load is borne by bone joints. That wears out the lubricating cartilage.
what was that article about again?...../s
Great news.....Im off to buy some cocoa
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