I’d say this is very likely. I eat a small bit of dark chocolate, high cocoa content, every day before dinner. Have done so for years. Inflamation, including knee and hand pain I traditionally suffered, was greatly reduced. I then added a daily dose of Tumeric (a spice) in pill form, and all my arthritic pain disappeared. Then after about 9 months I stopped the Tumeric to see what would happen. The pain slowly returned over about two week’s time. And then I stopped the dark chocolate and more pain returned.
But too much Tumeric can cause stomach pain in some people so be careful. And the pill form needs to include a secondary but I can’t remember what it is.
But Tumeric and cocoa definitely work to stop the pain cold - my doctor is the one who originally told me to take them instead of the stuff they sell at Costco. He said most doctors just want to sell pills, but there are plenty of other ways to fix pain.
piperine
Hhhmmm...I need to add cocoa to my curry