Posted on 11/25/2020 6:48:41 AM PST by mac_truck
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — As winter arrives, hot tea and cocoa naturally become popular drink choices with a lot of people. A new study finds drinking cocoa is not just the popular choice, it may also be the “smart” choice as well. Researchers at the University of Birmingham say consuming flavanol-rich products, such as cocoa, increases one’s mental performance.
Flavanols are a group of molecules which occur naturally in fruits and vegetables. They’re a member of the plant flavonoid family and are common in cocoa, grapes, apples, tea, berries, and even wine. While previous studies reveal these molecules can improve brain health, the new report finds they also stimulate brain-blood oxygenation levels. The results show this actually helps people to think faster and perform cognitive challenges more efficiently.
“We used cocoa in our experiment, but flavanols are extremely common in a wide range of fruit and vegetables. By better understanding the cognitive benefits of eating these food groups, as well as the wider cardiovascular benefits, we can offer improved guidance to people about how to make the most of their dietary choices,” lead author Dr. Catarina Rendeiro says in a university release.
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Been on Quercetin since beginning of COVID outbreak
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What dosage. I heard you can OD on it.
Cocoa mixed with essence of coca leaves.
Quercetin 250mg/d, high dose quercetin has been associated with hypothyroidism
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Where do you get it?
ALL of these are regular in my diet. No wonder I'm brilliant. . . . /sarc
Heard the same about chocolate and beer.
I was taking Quercetin in nineties for my asthma. Yes it worked. But I had to take about ten capsules every time I felt a wheezing coming on.
Go with somthing you can get at your local store. Vitamin D3 (5000 iu), Vitamin C (1000mg), B 125 (includes niacin and zinc) Complex. Been taking that concoction for years before COVID because I used to work in one of the most highly contagious places one can work in - our schools. The only time I have been sick since taking that is when I smoked cigarettes and had bronchitis. Don’t smoke anymore and don’t get bronchitis anymore. I used to work in close proximity to Health Care workers who worked in a nursing home. Still do not have COVID. (knock on wood)
First, my lungs are damaged through a training accident while in the military. So I am more susceptible to conditions which are caught through airborne transmission and COVID is the least of my worries. Second, I work in the IT field filled with people from India. Why is that important? Because in the last two jobs I have had there has been two incidents of people testing positive for TB. While TB in the US has been all but eradicated, it is the number one killer in India. TB is caught through airborne transmission. Laugh if you will because my Primary Care Physician, at the time and was promptly fired afterwards, TB is being brought here through the H1B visa people and someone like me who has damaged lungs are highly susceptible to catching it.
I have also ben taking other vitamins and nutrients but won’t go into them except L-Lysine {sp?} is also a good one to take. Never heard of quercetin or what ever.
This article written by the hot cocoa and dentists lobby group.
Someone here on FR recommended Quercetin awhile back, but said he developed a pain in his leg (?) unexplanable except cutting back Quercetin from 500 to 200mg/day. Was that you?
Asking for a friend who developed a pain, literally, in the neck while taking Q500/day.
Nope, not me, my seasonal allergies however were conspicuously absent
Thank you.
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