Feeling stressed? A dose of dark chocolate could cheer you right up by lowering your stress hormone levels, a new study suggests.Swiss researchers, who report their findings in the online issue of the Journal of Proteome Research, tracked volunteers who said they were highly stressed.
“The study provides strong evidence that a daily consumption of 40 grams [1.4 ounces] during a period of two weeks is sufficient to modify the metabolism of healthy human volunteers,” wrote the researchers, from the Nestle Research Center in Lausanne, Switzerland. The chocolate also appeared to help correct other imbalances in the body that are related to stress.
But won’t chocolate make people gain weight? That’s certainly possible, but the scientists pointed out that dark chocolate contains antioxidants, which are beneficial to health, and other substances that appear to reduce the risk of heart disease and other conditions.
But until now, the researchers wrote, not much has been known about how chocolate affects stress.
(HealthDay News)
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Another expensive study on children has shown, that offering lollipops has, at least momentarily, reduced anxiety and helped children deal with trauma, like falling off a chair. It is not clear if all colors work as well. Green lollis performed significantly less than other colors.
A good pastromy sandwich does a great job on men. Have a great shabbos everyone!!
Hey I work in a chocolate factory so this is good news for me! Does it work for milk chocolate too?
HaLeiVi – Green lollis perform significantly less than other colors by girls, esp. twin girls. Especially if they are the oldest. That’s what the study points to.
#3- I actually read somewhere that it refers to dark – parve choc. specifically