Study: Eating Chocolate Keeps Your Mind Sharp

Chocolate is displayed at the Le Chocolatier fine chocolate store on October 14, 2013 in North Miami, Florida. Reports indicate that growing demand in emerging markets and bad weather in key cocoa producing countries is pushing up the cost of chocolate. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

A number of recommendations exist for people who want to keep their mind healthy and alert in old age, and now you can add eating chocolate to that list.

Results from a large-scale study found that regular intake of cocoa flavanols contributes to protection against age-related cognitive decline, according to a research team from the University of South Australia.

Chocolate intake was positively associated with cognitive performance, across a range of cognitive domains.