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Dark chocolate improves calmness

(Medical Xpress)—Good news for chocolate lovers. New research from Swinburne University of Technology has found that the polyphenols in dark chocolate increase calmness and contentedness.

Psychology & Psychiatry May 03, 2013 | 4 / 5 (6) | 4

Food for thought: Ingredients and foods that give memory a boost

While there's no magic pill that protects and boosts memory, there are several foods that consumers can easily incorporate into their diets that can help.

Health Jan 14, 2013 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Study shows how dark chocolate may be good for our health—particularly if you are male

(Medical Xpress)—Cocoa-rich dark chocolate might help protect against heart disease and stroke, but probably more so if you are a man.

Health Dec 24, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1 |

Cocoa compounds may reduce blood pressure

Compounds in cocoa may help to reduce blood pressure, according to a new systematic review in The Cochrane Library. The researchers reviewed evidence from short-term trials in which participants were given dark chocolate or coc ...

Health Aug 14, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Consuming flavanol-rich cocoa may enhance brain function

Eating cocoa flavanols daily may improve mild cognitive impairment, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension.

Cardiology Aug 13, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Chocolate a sweet remedy for many ills?

(HealthDay) -- International researchers have uncovered even more healthy properties of flavanols -- the antioxidants found in cocoa beans.

Health Mar 29, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Cocoa could prevent intestinal pathologies such as colon cancer

A new study on living animals has shown for the first time that eating cocoa (the raw material in chocolate) can help to prevent intestinal complaints linked to oxidative stress, including colon carcinogenesis ...

Cancer Jan 24, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Keeping one's eyes on the goal -- despite stress

Stressed people fall into habits and their behaviour is not goal-directed. That the neurotransmitter norepinephrine plays a decisive role here is now reported in the Journal of Neuroscience by scientists from Bochum led by ...

Neuroscience Nov 28, 2011 | not rated yet | 1 |

Women chocoholics run smaller risk of strokes: Swedish study

Have a sweet tooth? It could protect you from a stroke, according to a large Swedish study published Tuesday on women chocolate-lovers.

Cardiology Oct 11, 2011 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0