Why not give cocoa a try?
According to research in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (March, 2013, requires login), cocoa contains flavonoids that may help prevent the onset of dementia as well as assist in preventing stroke.
I came across this via The People’s Pharmacy, which reminds us that these flavonoids are only available in cocoa that that been properly treated. CocoaVia, for example, reports 250 mg of cocoa flavanols per one CocoaVia stick.
But don’t panic if your favorite chocolate doesn’t list how many flavonoids it contains. Medscape, reporting on article in the August 2013 issue of Neurology points out that drinking cocoa, even if not high in flavonoids, can “boost the effect of blood flow on neuronal activity,”.
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