Certain bitter foods may trigger a brain response similar to working out, study finds
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Flavanols in food and drinks such as dark chocolate, red wine and berries may stimulate the brain like exercise, improving memory according to a new study out of Japan.
Deirdre Bardolf is a lifestyle writer with Fox News Digital.
"The key finding of this experiment is that it first demonstrated how flavanol intake stimulation — likely the bitter taste — is transmitted to the central nervous system, triggering a stress response reaction that enhances short-term memory and produces beneficial effects on the circulatory system," professor Naomi Osakabe of Shibaura Institute of Technology in Japan told Fox News Digital.
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Flavanols in food and drinks such as dark chocolate, red wine and berries may stimulate the brain like exercise, improving memory according to a new study out of Japan.
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