Eating dark chocolate can alleviate chronic fatigue syndrome

Foreign media news on Nov.24 ^th , a recent British study report published on the U.S. "Journal of Nutrition". The study found that eating dark chocolate may alleviate chronic fatigue syndrome.

British University of Hull Your Medical college researchers tested 10 patients who have severe chronic fatigue syndrome. The participants eat dark chocolate for eight weeks, and then after a period of time to rest, they eat another chocolate that have less cocoa but tastes the same. The participants eat dark chocolate three times a day, 15 grams each. At the same time, participants' diet has no change.

New research result was the first time to found that dark chocolate can help to alleviate chronic fatigue syndrome, eating chocolate can make participants' health status get better. The researchers analyzed that dark chocolate has this effect, because of the key chemical substances richly has. These substances can enhance the brain's signals.

New research's moderator professor Steve Aitken said, the small-scale new study result was surprising, and I also believe the next larger similar study will be get the same conclusion. As the patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, the new study result has been an encouraging good news.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a stubborn disease. It can make human body very weak, flu-like symptoms. Some one called "myalgia encephalomyelitis (ME)" The specific symptom include: extreme fatigue continued for 6 months or longer, accompanied by muscle pain, headache and poor memory.

Chronic fatigue syndrome's prevalence is higher, there are 0.25 million patients only in United Kingdom .

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