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Concerned about cocoa

High doses of a cocoa antioxidant boost blood flow in the hippocampus, an important brain area for learning and memory. In “Cocoa antioxidant sweetens cognition in elderly” (SN: 12/27/14, p. 5), Bethany Brookshire described how these molecules, called flavanols, also improve older people’s ability to tell complex visual patterns apart.