People who are depressed eat an average of 8.4 servings of chocolate (28 grams each) each month, compared to the 5.4 that those who are not usually take, according to a new study that analyzes the relationship between this food and the state of mind published in the Archives of Internal Medicine . And if the depression is severe, you can reach 12 servings per month.
The authors of the study, from the University of California, assure that their work demonstrates a strong association between the consumption of chocolate and depression in both sexes . The reasons, however, are not so clear. Natalie Rose, a researcher at the University of California and co-author of the work, affirms that it may be because "depression stimulates the craving for chocolate and people eat chocolate as a kind of self-treatment ." This theory "would confirm some studies in rats that suggest that chocolate can improve mood," he suggests.
