Here is a good news, a week before the Easter egg hunt begins! News that confirms what we already knew, namely that chocolate is good for our health! We already had some good reasons to eat it but this time, a new study shows that the daily consumption of a bar of dark chocolate has direct effects on the vascularity of our brain and decreases the risk of stroke.
A previous study before showed that coffee reduces the risk of stroke in women, in this new study which has just been published in the journal Neurology, researchers at the University of Glasgow measured the function of the main artery that supplies the brain while their patients, lying down, ate chocolate. And they realized that chocolate had an effect on the level of carbon monoxide which affected the vessels, that it improved blood circulation and therefore had a positive effect on brain cells.
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According to Professor Matthew Walters, who led this study, “We found that consuming chocolate altered the hardness of the vessels. This probably means that one of the components of chocolate, and we are thinking more particularly of the flavonoids it contains, has a direct impact on the blood vessels… which necessarily reduces the risk of stroke. “
But let’s not forget that consuming too much chocolate can have negative effects: rich in sugar and fat, it also represents a risk for cardiovascular diseases! To be consumed in moderation, therefore.
