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British scientists from the Medical school of Hull and York have conducted an experiment and found out that black chocolate more effectively than white helps to treat chronic weariness.

10 people participated in experiment: 5 from them within two months consumed 45 g of black chocolate daily. The others ate white, but tinted so that it did not differ seemingly from black.

Then the experiment has been suspended for a month and after that researchers have changed type of chocolate.

It turned out that those who ate black chocolate, less complained of weariness. But when they stopped to eat it, they began to complain of weariness even more.

The head of the research, endocrinologist Steve Atkin has said: “Black chocolate is rich with polyphenols which positively influence on health, in particular, lower pressure. However the high content of polyphenol, probably, promotes increase of serotonin level in a brain, and low serotonin level is connected with a syndrome of chronic lassitude”.

According to Atkin, additional researches are required to confirm his conclusions; however, his experiment didn’t harm any patient. But what is the most important, none from volunteers has put on excess weight.