Drinking chocolate help the elderly improve memory
Benefits of chocolate for healthy elderly people may help improve thinking and memory in the elderly.
Study author Farzaneh A.Sorond at Harvard Medical School in Boston, US, said he and his colleagues looked at the effects of the blood flow to the brain to thinking ability. Some areas of the brain required more energy to operate and require more blood flow.
"This relationship is called nerve neurovascular coupling, it plays an important role in memory-related diseases such as Alzheimer's," said A.Sorond.
Research carried out on 60 people aged 73 average, and no one with dementia. They drink regularly every day two cups of chocolate a month. Then, the participants are teams of scientists assessed through tests of memory and thinking skills. During the inspection process, blood flow to the brain is measured and recorded.
As a result, blood flow to the brain increased by 8.3%, while performing memory tests improved markedly, down from 167 seconds to 116 seconds. Results on the benefits of chocolate are published in the journal Neurology.
Previous studies have shown that a compound in chocolate called flavanols helps increase learning ability by protecting neurons from injury, improving metabolism and increases blood flow to the brain.
As a result, blood flow to the brain increased by 8.3%, while performing memory tests improved markedly, down from 167 seconds to 116 seconds. Results on the benefits of chocolate are published in the journal Neurology.
Study author Farzaneh A.Sorond at Harvard Medical School in Boston, US, said he and his colleagues looked at the effects of the blood flow to the brain to thinking ability. Some areas of the brain required more energy to operate and require more blood flow.
"This relationship is called nerve neurovascular coupling, it plays an important role in memory-related diseases such as Alzheimer's," said A.Sorond.
Research carried out on 60 people aged 73 average, and no one with dementia. They drink regularly every day two cups of chocolate a month. Then, the participants are teams of scientists assessed through tests of memory and thinking skills. During the inspection process, blood flow to the brain is measured and recorded.
As a result, blood flow to the brain increased by 8.3%, while performing memory tests improved markedly, down from 167 seconds to 116 seconds. Results on the benefits of chocolate are published in the journal Neurology.
Previous studies have shown that a compound in chocolate called flavanols helps increase learning ability by protecting neurons from injury, improving metabolism and increases blood flow to the brain.
As a result, blood flow to the brain increased by 8.3%, while performing memory tests improved markedly, down from 167 seconds to 116 seconds. Results on the benefits of chocolate are published in the journal Neurology.
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