In Addition to Improve Mood, Chocolate Adds Ingenuity Too

MASSAPEDIA NEWS - Chocolate lover to be happy. From previous studies, it is known that chocolate can increase levels of happiness. According to recent research, chocolate can also increase a person's cognitive abilities, such as memory, and blood flow to the brain.

This research was conducted 40 years ago, or about the mid-1970s, by a psychologist, Merrill Elias, who examined the cognitive abilities of more than 1000 people in the State of New York. This study was to investigate the relationship of blood pressure and brain performance.

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For decades, Elias is not just researching it, but also expand the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study (MSLS) on cardiovascular risk factors. After 40 years, it never occurred to him that his research will end up on chocolate.

At the end of his studies, Merrill and the team gets the brilliant idea to examine that eat people. Supported with the condition that they already had a lot of people to study and have a great opportunity to learn more.

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The study began by gathering all sorts of information about their eating habits. Through data collection by questionnaire, which lasted for five years (2001-2006), they find there is an interesting pattern.

"We found that people who eat chocolate at least once a week, cognitive side tend to perform better," said Merrill. "This is obviously because of the brown touches on a number of cognitive domains."

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The findings were written in studies published in the last month. The lead author is Georgina Crichton, nutrition researcher at the University of South Australia. From the earlier findings that eating chocolate is known influence on a variety of positive health outcomes, but few are digging their effects on the brain and behavior, even fewer who examined the effects of chocolate consumption.

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The first analysis, together with Elias and Ala'a Crichton Alkerwi, epidemolog in Luxembourg Health Institute, compare score means on a variety of cognitive tests than participants who reported eating chocolate at least once a week and those who ate chocolate less.

They found "a significant positive relationship" between chocolate intake and cognitive ability, even after adjustment for a number of variables, such as age, education, cardiovascular risk factors, and dietary habits.

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Georgina explained, by eating chocolate, functions, such as working memory, abstract reasoning, or that he translated into everyday language that capability will increase. It would appear through the ability to do two things at once, such as talking while driving, as well as remembering phone numbers and remembering a shopping list.

"Our research certainly shows in this direction, that chocolate consumption affects cognitive ability," Merrill said, quoted by the Independent.

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Contained in chocolate called flavanol nutrient content. This makes the content of a positive effect on the human brain. In 2014, one of the results of the analysis concluded that these nutrients can reduce cognitive dysfunction associated with age.

According to Merrill, the study is not yet complete. "We do not test dark chocolate and chocolate separately lighter," said Merrill.

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"We also do not compare people who eat chocolate once a week or more. I really want to see what happens when people eat a lot of chocolate, "he said.