Washington, November 13: Chocolate lovers now have one more excuse to grab a choco bar, as a new study by an Indian researcher claimed that eating over an ounce of dark chocolate a day helps reduce stress.
Regular intake of a “specific amount” of chocolate cuts levels of stress hormones and rebalances other chemicals in persons with high anxiety, said the study led by Sunil Kochhar at the Nestle Research Center, Switzerland.
Kochhar and his team observed that a reduction in stress hormones and other stress-related biochemical changes in 30 highly stressed volunteers, including 19 females, who ate 40 grams (1.4 ounces) of dark chocolate daily for two weeks, reported ACS’ Journal of Proteome Research.
“The study provides strong evidence that a daily consumption of 40 grams of chocolate during a period of 2 weeks is sufficient to modify the metabolism of healthy human volunteers.
–PTI