8 Science-Backed Reasons To Stuff Your Face With Chocolate This Easter
2. Chocolate Could Enhance Cognitive Performance
Its not quite the same as saying that eating chocolate makes you smarter, but well take it anyway.
Following almost 1,000 people over 30 years, a study found that those who ate chocolate a minimum of once a week, and not just dark varieties, scored better across numerous different memory tests than those who consumed less of the stuff.
Although its hard to be sure, the link could again be down to cocoas flavanols boosting the flow of blood to our thinking organ.
In short, chocolate makes you smart.