MOSCOW: Go on, treat yourself. A recent Italian study has found that eating chocolate not only helps improves memory and cognitive function in the short term—it can even help prevent cognitive decline as we age.
The study, published in May in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, focused on cocoa flavanols, the chemical compounds in cocoa beans, and their effect on brain function, both right after ingesting the flavanols and as a result of regular consumption.
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