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Here's some sweet health news for chocolate lovers: A daily dose of
the sugary treat may help prevent Alzheimer's disease. That's the
conclusion of new research at Harvard Medical School that found people
who drank two cups of hot cocoa a day had improved memory and blood flow
to the brain.
But the benefits only come from certain types of chocolate, which
contain high levels of beneficial antioxidants, notes one of the
nation's top Alzheimer's experts, Dr. Gary Small, professor of
psychiatry and aging. It's also important to know that you can get too
much of a good thing.
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"I think it is healthy in moderation, that's the key because if you
drink too much cocoa or eat too many chocolate bars you’re going to
gain a lot of calories and that is not good for the brain," Dr. Small
tells Newsmax Health. "In fact it's the dark chocolates that are
particularly potent; milk chocolates have very little and white
chocolate has almost none. So if you want the antioxidant boost, go for
the dark chocolate."
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