This Easter weekend may have been an opportunity to eat a lot of chocolate... To ease our conscience, we will therefore read with interest this study which has questioned over the long term, since 1975, 1000 inhabitants of the small town of Syracuse, NY on their diet. At the same time, the participants regularly underwent examinations, including psychological ones.
Results ? Chocolate, in addition to stimulating cognitive performance in the hours following its consumption, also boosts the brain in the long term when eaten at least once a week!
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How to explain its benefits? For researchers, they would be the work of methyxanthines (which contains caffeine and theobromine). The latter indeed gives energy, and increases the level of awakening of the central nervous system. But it is also thanks to the polyphenols, present in particular in dark chocolate. They have an anxiolytic effect and an antioxidant effect. Now is the time to try our 8 savory chocolate recipes!
