Drink Hot Chocolate Can Prevent Dementia

HealthyPatterns - Drink two cups of hot chocolate every day can be a healthy way to prevent dementia. The benefits obtained from the antioxidants that indeed there are many in this cocoa fruit. Researchers from Harvard University, mentions, flavonoids and antioxidants contained in the chocolate will help blood flow. The research they do indicate that the elderly who drank hot chocolate may help to prevent dementia. 

Dementia is a progressive disorder that damages the nervous system which results in a collection of symptoms. Some of the features of the most common dementia is a decline in memory, reasoning, judging, as well as talking. Maintain blood flow remains smoothly so that oxygen and glucose into energy for the brain, it is very important to maintain cognitive function. 

The study involved 60 respondents aged an average of 73 years. They do not suffer from dementia although 18 people have impaired blood flow, which is measured based on sound waves. After routinely drank hot chocolate, the respondents who experienced the meunjukkan blood flow disorders increased blood circulation which is followed by an increase in working memory brain. But the blood circulation on respondents since the beginnings are indeed normal, hot chocolate was not too influential in enhancing cognitive ability. 

"We learn more about the flow of blood to the brain and its influence on the ability to think, as some areas in the brain requires more energy to be able to work optimally, it is therefore necessary that blood flow very smoothly," said Dr. Farzaneh Sorond, a teacher from Harvard Medical School. Although research suggests flavonoids contained in chocolate can prevents dementia diseases, but research shows no difference between those who drank the chocolate is rich in flavonoids and those who drank chocolate with low in flavonoids. It proves there is another substance content in the hot chocolate which may have an effect on brain function.