Uma ukhetha ushokoledi, kungcono ukunikeza okuthandayo kumnyama. Uma umuntu edla i-10 g ye-chocolate emnyama ene-cocoa engu-85% kathathu ngosuku, uzozizwa ejabule.
Lesi isiphetho esifinyelelwe ososayensi baseSeoul National University eSouth Korea, kubika i Daily Mail.
Ucwaningo lubandakanya abantu abangama-46. Bahlukaniswa ngamaqembu amabili. Elinye iqembu lalidla ushokoledi onamaphesenti ahlukene kakhokho amasonto amathathu, kuyilapho elinye lingawudli nhlobo ushokoledi.
Ngokusekelwe emiphumeleni yocwaningo, abacwaningi baphetha ngokuthi isimo sengqondo saba ngcono kulabo bantu abadla ushokoledi omnyama. Ososayensi bathi izinguquko ezinhle zesimo sengqondo zibangelwa izinguquko ku-gut microbiota ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kukashokoledi omnyama.
"Kuyaziwa ukuthi ushokoledi omnyama ungashintsha isimo sengqondo, kodwa siye safakazela okokuqala ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwansuku zonke kukashokoledi omnyama kuthinta isimo somzimba nesingokwengqondo somuntu," kugcizelela ababhali bocwaningo.
Ngaphambilini, odokotela bachaza ukuthi kungani ushokoledi ulungile empilweni. Ngokusho kochwepheshe, okokuqala, iqukethe amahomoni anesibopho sokuziphatha - i-serotonin, i-endorphin, ne-dopamine (okubizwa ngokuthi "i-hormone ejabulisayo").