Chocolate not only tastes good, but it’s long been considered an aphrodisiac. I’m not convinced that the scientific evidence supporting this claim is any more convincing or valid than what has been said about oysters, but I do concede that giving a box of chocolates to your lover can have excellent side effects. However, now scientists are claiming that chocolate can be good for your brain.

The fact that the scientists that conducted the study were funded by the Mars Inc. candy company does give one reason to be skeptical, but supposedly something in chocolate called flavanols can create an increase in blood flow to the brain and specifically to the areas that are responsible for alertness.

The problem is that the minor benefits produced by consumption of chocolate are far outweighed by the bad side effects, as is poignantly illustrated by these photos of one of Mensa’s newest members and admitted chocoholic, Sabrina, and IQ challenged Paris Hilton who has been quoted as saying that “Just the smell of chocolate makes me nauseous.”

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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