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Drinking hot chocolate keeps brain healthy
Drinking two cups of hot chocolate a day may help older people keep their brains healthy and their thinking skills sharp, according to a new study.
US researchers studied 60 people with an average age of 73 who did not have dementia. The participants drank two cups of hot cocoa per day for 30 days and did not consume any other chocolate during the study. They were given tests of memory and thinking skills. They also had ultrasounds tests to measure the amount of blood flow to the brain during the tests
Of the 60 participants, 18 had impaired blood flow at the start of the study. Those people had an 8.3 per cent improvement in the blood flow to the working areas of the brain by the end of the study, while there was no improvement for those who started out with regular blood flow.
The people with impaired blood flow also improved their times on a test of working memory, with scores dropping from 167 seconds at the beginning of the study to 116 seconds at the end. There was no change in times for people with regular blood flow.
A total of 24 of the participants also had MRI scans of the brain to look for tiny areas of brain damage. The scans found that people with impaired blood flow were also more likely to have these areas of brain damage.
source: IndianExpress/GraphicNews
thinking skill– gondolkodási képesség
sharp – éles (elme)
according to – valami szerint
researcher – kutató
average age – áltag életkor
dementia – elmezavarodottság, demencia
participant – résztvevő
to consume – fogyasztani
study – tanulmány
ultrasound – ultrahang
to measure – mérni
amount – mennyiség
blood flow – véráramlás
improvement – haladás, fejlődés
score – pont, pontszám
tiny – pici
brain damage – agykárosodás
scan – ultrahangfelvétel
