I keep telling you: chocolate, wine, tea are very, very good for you. They're all on the list of my Dozen Daily Delights and should be consumed, slowly and deliberately, very, very often. I do. I expect I'm now one of the smartest people on the planet :)
ScienceDaily (Dec. 24, 2008) — All that chocolate might actually help finish the bumper Christmas crossword over the seasonal period. According to Oxford researchers working with colleagues in Norway, chocolate, wine and tea enhance cognitive performance.The team from Oxford’s Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics and Norway examined the relation between cognitive performance and the intake of three common foodstuffs that contain flavonoids (chocolate, wine, and tea) in 2,031 older people (aged between 70 and 74).Participants filled in information about their habitual food intake and underwent a battery of cognitive tests.Those who consumed chocolate, wine, or tea had significantly better mean test scores and lower prevalence of poor cognitive performance than those who did not. The team reported their findings in the Journal of Nutrition.
So what other excuse do you need? Spend the last days of 2008 gorging yourself on all things delicious. Don't put off til tomorrow what you can overindulge in today. What is wrong with you??
