Is chocolate a super food?

Posted at: 09/27/2012 7:51 AM

If you needed a scientific justification for eating chocolate – here it is. Researchers in Canada decided to test the brain-boosting potency of a flavonoid thought to be key in chocolate's alleged health benefits.
 
The scientists -- who started out skeptical -- found the flavonoid helped snails remember a simple activity in lab experiments.  
 
It's unclear if chocolate has the same effect in humans but it does add to a growing body of evidence that chocolate -- especially dark chocolate -- may be considered a super food.

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