Chocolate is Good For Your Brain
January 8, 2009 by Heather R.
Filed under Chocolate News, Health and Chocolate
Chocolate news just keeps getting better and better, doesn’t it?
Science Daily had an article up a few weeks ago about the brain benefits of not only chocolate but wine and tea as well.
The dynamic trio apparently helps with cognitive performance: in a test with 2,031 elderly people between the ages of 70-74, the ones who ate the chocolate, tea and wine scored higher in a battery of cognitive tests than those who didn’t.
The reasoning behind the boost in brain function is still being studied (isn’t it always?), but it’s theorized that because cocoa, tea and red wine contain polyphenols — …read more
New Wine Blog
September 20, 2007 by Heather R.
Filed under Lifestyles Channel News
Just a quick note to say hello and welcome to the newest member of the Home & Dining Channel, Farley over at Behind the Vines! I’ll be the first admit I don’t know much about wine except that it’s made from grapes, so I’ll be reading regularly to see what else I can learn.
