Who would know the delights of chocolate gag? All people must have felt the delicacy of it though not fond of chocolate. But some people say chocolate is not good food especially if you’re doing diet program.
However, there is a positive fact of chocolate. If you have trouble remembering aka pet peeves is slow, especially when you’re required to think fast. However, research shows that it can now be solved in a fun way that snacking chocolate.
It has not been proven in humans, but at least research on snails have demonstrated the benefits of chocolate in improving brain function. It is conceivable that the snails are used to slow it could be faster, especially when applied to humans.
In the snail, the compound epicatechin or abbreviated epi contained in dark chocolate proved to affect the nervous system. Flavanoid compounds so this makes the brain work more leverage making it easier to remembering all new things.
In this study, the snail Lymnaea stagnalis types included in the conditioned water oxygen deficiency. Normally snails breathe with the skin, but in a state of lack of oxygen will make use of a breathing tube or pneumostomes.
But by the researchers, these snails are not trained to quickly open the breathing tubes. You do this by tapping the shell when the organ is already opened by the snail who instinctively try to take more oxygen.
There are differences in training response when the researchers gave the compound epi on a group of snails. Compared with the group not given the epi compound, the first group of snails go faster considering a single activity that is taught not to open the breathing tubes.
“We want to see that epi has direct influence on the neural memory, and cognitive effects of half a piece of dark chocolate can also improve your memory. Good news for chocolate fans worldwide,” said Dr. Ken Lukowiak from University of Calgary who conducted this study as quoted from Dailymail.
The results stated that the first and second groups had significant improvements in their memory skills. They solved better cognitive tests, operational and verbal memory was also better be. In addition to improving memory, turns chocolate can lower blood pressure and dependence on insulin.
In essence, the experiment showed that the cocoa in a reasonable amount could be part of a diet that supports brain function.
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