Good news! Dark chocolate, in combination with regular exercise, is said to improve athletic performance by fifty percent.
It may have only been tested on middle-aged mice, but it gives the sporty fellow man heap. American researchers have found that the substance epicatechin , so what in dark chocolate sitting, more mitochondria (the little “batteries” that power the cells in our body and ship oxygen to the muscles). In the case of the mice, this resulted in more energy † In addition, the mice that were given the substance were just as fit as the mice that had been training for a while.
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Dr. Moh Malek, of Wayne State University in Detroit, explains on DailyMail.co.uk:"Sports, such as running and cycling, are known for increasing the number of mitochondria in muscle cells .' The researchers hope that the same effect also applies to humans, follow-up study will have to show that.
Piece of chocolate, anyone?
