Does Eating Chocolate Make Your Brain Younger?
Headlines claim that eating chocolate can protect you from developing Alzheimer’s disease. The theory is that bioactives within chocolate called flavanols can help reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes and even make your brain 30 years younger! But isn’t this all a bit too good to be true? The BBC’s Head of Statistics, Robert Cuffe, investigates whether research findings are misrepresented by funders, PR machines and the media.
Presenter: Robert Cuffe Producer: Lizzy McNeill
(Image: Large chunks of chocolate. Credit: Shutterstock)
2017-12-10
10 min
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