I wish I had been part of this scientific test....

[alrescate]

Study: Chocolate may boost brain power

Stimulating effects might increase mental performance

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Chocolate lovers rejoice. A new study hints that eating milk chocolate may boost brain function.

"Chocolate contains many substances that act as stimulants, such as theobromine, phenethylamine, and caffeine," Dr. Bryan Raudenbush from Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia noted in comments to Reuters Health.

"These substances by themselves have previously been found to increase alertness and attention and what we have found is that by consuming chocolate you can get the stimulating effects, which then lead to increased mental performance."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/of/24/chocolate.brain.reut/index.html

Comments

Well, okay then!

[motherpockets.livejournal.com]

Let's see: Milk chocolate: good for the brain. Dark chocolate: good for the heart.
Works for me!

[madame-urushiol.livejournal.com]

AHA! I just KNEW that milk chocolate had its good points too! Stuff has "health food" written all over it...

[courtneymckenny.livejournal.com]

I should have a super powered brain with the amount of chocolate I eat :o)

Thank you, thank you, thank you...

[kf-in-georgia.livejournal.com]

...for this post. The first line sent me rushing off to my freezer for the pint of Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk I just brought home from the store.

I feel like a genius...