Whenever Mother bought a regular Hershey’s chocolate bar, she would make it last for several days. She knew that chocolate was fattening, so she limited the amount by breaking off only four pieces (two for her and two for me). We would sit together in a rocking chair on the front porch enjoying our portion of milk chocolate.

Mother considered chocolate more as a treat, than anything associated with being good for you. Of course, the milk chocolate we were eating was not a healthy food choice. Now, if Mother knew about cocoa-rich products containing an ingredient in promoting blood flow to the brain, she would have traded in the chocolate bar for a dark chocolate one.
This ingredient is flavanols, which are nutrients found in cocoa. Flavanols has been linked to...

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