A study performed in the Northumbria University suggests that eating chocolate could help boost the brains ability to do maths. The study showed that participants performed significantly better at mental arithmetic after drinking a cocoa drink that continued a large amount of Flavanols. This is the same substance that is found in chocolate and known to increase blood flow to the brain. Having this drink also left individuals less likely to feel tired or mentally drained - this is the research that was presented at the British Psychologicical Society conference. One of the professors, David Kennedy who was the co – author of the study said “for work that is mentally demanding chocolate could help”
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