Aging Baby Boomers have all sorts of strategies for keeping their intellects sharp, from physical exercise to computerized brain games. Newly published research offers another, somewhat less taxing approach to retaining your mental acuity: eating chocolate.
The results of a large-scale study "support recent clinical trials suggesting that regular intake of cocoa flavanols may have a beneficial effect on cognitive function, and possibly protect against normal, age-related cognitive decline," concludes a research team led by Georgina Crichton of the University of South Australia.*
Even after taking into consideration such variables as lifestyle, overall diet, and cardiovascular health, "our study demonstrated positive associations between habitual chocolate consumption and cognitive performance," the researchers write in the journal Appetite.
The researchers used data from the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study, which looked at cardiovascular risk factors and mental functioning in a large number of adults living in Syracuse, New York (at the study's outset). The sample featured 968 participants, all of whom filled out surveys revealing such factors as their socioeconomic status, smoking history, physical activity, body mass index, and dietary habits. Full story...
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The results of a large-scale study "support recent clinical trials suggesting that regular intake of cocoa flavanols may have a beneficial effect on cognitive function, and possibly protect against normal, age-related cognitive decline," concludes a research team led by Georgina Crichton of the University of South Australia.*
Even after taking into consideration such variables as lifestyle, overall diet, and cardiovascular health, "our study demonstrated positive associations between habitual chocolate consumption and cognitive performance," the researchers write in the journal Appetite.
The researchers used data from the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study, which looked at cardiovascular risk factors and mental functioning in a large number of adults living in Syracuse, New York (at the study's outset). The sample featured 968 participants, all of whom filled out surveys revealing such factors as their socioeconomic status, smoking history, physical activity, body mass index, and dietary habits. Full story...
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