The experiment involved volunteers who were first given lemonade with sugar or sweetener, and then asked to perform various tasks that cause stress. Scientists tried to piss off some of the participants – after the assignment for preparing a speech, they were told that their speech was the most boring and uninteresting. And those subjects who got the sweet lemonade were much less worried and often paid little attention to reproaches and discontent.
“Glucose is necessary for the brain in order to carry out executive functions, including control over certain actions of its owner, – said the authors of the study in their article published on the pages of the authoritative scientific journal Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. “For example, the additional amount of glucose provides the brain with the energy necessary to suppress aggressive impulses caused by a provocation or other stressful situation.”
So now chocolate jamming stress is not only delicious, but also healthy!
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