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Sweet deal! Drinking hot chocolate makes you smarter, study shows

Sweet deal! Drinking hot chocolate makes you smarter, study shows

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Hot chocolate makes you a smarter and faster thinker, according to new research. In a study of 18 men, researchers at the University of Birmingham found that drinking cocoa improved participants’ ability to quickly solve a series of complex mental tests. The team chalked up the heightened sharpness — including that subjects finished tests up to 11 percent faster — to the brain-boosting compound flavanol, which is found naturally in chocolate, according to the study, published in the journal Scientific Reports.