Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Chocolate May Benefit Those With Chronic Fatigue


Those with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have found that regularly consuming chocolate could be beneficial. When consuming high cocoa content, the people that suffer with the illness found that they had more energy. CFS is an sickness that has a limitless range of various symptoms; the main one being exhaustion.

Patients are advised, by most chronic fatigue specialists to avoid chocolate because of the caffeine and sugar it contains. But, some patients said they felt much better after consuming dark chocolate with a high cocoa solid content. Dark chocolate is high in polyphenols, which may reduce blood pressure. Moreover, high polyphenols seem to improve levels of serotonin in the brain, which has been associated with chronic fatigue syndrome.

With many different causes chronic fatigue is a very complex illness. There is no single cure all that works for everyone, most patients require quite a few lifestyle changes along with nutrients, herbs and detoxing. Because of this, some chronic fatigue specialists discourage against the belief that eating chocolate daily is going to solve the problems.

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