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Scientists have found that eating dark chocolate appears to lower the risk of depression by four fold.

While 7.6 per cent of the 13,000 people surveyed reported depressive symptoms, just 1.5 per cent of the chocolate eaters did.

The study by University College London (UCL), the University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services Canada, also found that the people who consumed the most of any chocolate – between 3.6oz (104g) and 16oz (454g) – were also 57 per cent less likely to report depressive symptoms. Read more

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