It seems that University College London (UCL) has researched the relationship of chocolate and depression. Their study indicates that those who eat dark chocolate are less likely to be depressed.
If you haven’t noticed, there’s been a lot of research in chocolate over the years. Personally I would welcome the opportunity to participate in a chocolate study. I want to decrease my risk of depression, and I prefer chocolate over almost anything else!
Knowing there may be a real health benefit just sweetens the taste of dark chocolate on my taste buds.
Will I go so far as to say the study gives me hope? If I enjoy something so much AND it’s good for me, then it may be easier to be hopeful. Especially when it reminds me of an even greater hope (more on that later).
The UCL team in the United Kingdom worked with scientists in Calgary and Alberta, Canada. The UCL press release headlined, “People who eat dark chocolate less likely to be depressed.” It was a proclamation that blessed my chocolate-loving palate! See the scientists’ results that were published in the journal, “Depression & Anxiety.”
Dr. Sarah Jackson of UCL explained that more work may be needed to better understand and determine the “type and amount of chocolate consumption for optimal depression prevention and management.”
Dr. Jackson, I VOLUNTEER for future studies (all in the name of science of course)! To all the researchers, thanks for the hope!
As I think… desire (… crave?) chocolate I remember the goodness of God. He loves me and has a wonderful plan for my life, and He deserves my desiring Him with all that I am.
Psalm 34:8 says, “O taste and see that the Lord is good! How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.”
Now there’s sweet hope that’s even better than chocolate!
