Studies regarding the ‘health benefits of chocolate’ still continue to expose exciting discoveries, particularly in the field of heart/ blood vessel health, intellectual function and human mood. Chocolate, when consumed on a regular basis, can improve your cardiovascular system pumping, keep one’s mood calm and happy. While honing your intellectual skill. The flavanols and methylxanthines, in dark chocolate, also enhance the mood effect in people who consume them on a regular basis.
The flavanols in the dark chocolate, increase the blood flow to the brains, congregate in the region called hippocampus, which regulates emotion, memory and learning. These flavanols also promote the formation of new neurons and strengthen their functioning. Chocolate and cocoa improve cognitive function in healthy young adults and also in aged people having a mild cognitive impairment.
Dr. Lee S. Berk, of Loma Linda University, stated at the Experimental Biology 2018 meeting in San Diego confirmed that the ‘cacao-rich dark chocolate’ instigate an upsurge in brain function. Likewise, Berk also said that 70 percent cacao can increase communication responses, like the T-cell activation, genes involved in neural signalling, sensory perception and cellular immune reaction. All these, according to a press release, are associated with helping the brain to adapt and to learn new skills.
When it comes to preserving and improving one’s brain functions, we search for all the help and informative tips we can get. With age, memory disorders like dementia is a threat.
Flavanols also have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects and play a great role in boosting the human brain functions.
Chocolate benefits, for ‘brain health,’ are widely accepted!
