Scientific study confirms that this is the best drink to stimulate your attention during the day
In a world where work is constantly exhausting us, excess stress deteriorates us and fatigue ends up robbing us every weekend, we need more natural drinks to help us combat the low levels of energy.
Science discovered that there is an excellent drink to stimulate attention for a long period of time. And to your great surprise this drink is not coffee, although it is one of its ingredients.
Coffee and chocolate, the explosive combination
A team of specialists from Clarkson University and Georgia studied the effects of mocha with caffeine and without caffeine in the attention of people, in motivation and in anxiety, energy and fatigue. The team reported that the combination of coffee and cocoa is the best for our motivation.
This is because this combination of ingredients is actually the combination of two elemental compounds for our well-being. On the one hand coffee provides caffeine that reduces the feeling of fatigue, and on the other hand, cocoa provides theobromine, tryptophan and magnesium that help to reduce anxiety.
Physiologically, cocoa increases blood flow and this stimulates cognitive activity and attention. Although coffee can generate anxiety, the effect of cocoa minimizes this possible side effect of coffee.
Studying the effect of mocha on the blood
In the study, the team of specialists used a group of participants to determine the effect of cocoa, cocoa with caffeine, caffeine without cocoa and a placebo without caffeine or cocoa. The analyzes to determine the effect of these compounds were made through studies of cognitive activity and humor. In all cases, neither the researcher nor the participant knew what they had consumed.
Taking into account how careful the study was, the results are more than valid. The authors concluded that cocoa alone increases blood flow in the brain, increases cognitive activity and attention. Coffee, when consumed alone can generate anxiety and its problems derived.
Together, the compounds are ideal for maintaining optimal cognitive activity and attention.
The team promised further studies, in particular to determine the differences between natural and synthetic caffeine in the body and in this drink.