Chocolate Cough Cure..Could Cocoa Spell The End For Persistent Coughing?

Chocolate Cough Cure..

Yes you did read that correctly. But not any old chocolate mind you. We are talking about the antioxidant-rich stuff from the cocoa beans.



A recent report in one of the national tabloids has reported that chocolate could be a key factor in tackling a persistent cough.

So, how exactly can something like chocolate cure a persistant cough?

It's all down to an ingredient that is naturally present in cocoa and chocolate called theobromine.

Reserachers are currently carrying out the last phases of clinical trials on a new medicine or drug that will contain theobromine. We could see the drug in the UK around 2013 if everything is successful..we hope.

The great thing about theobromine is that it is safe to take with none of the side-effects you get with many over-the-counter products such as drowsiness.

And, better still, theobromine will deal with the cause of cough, whereas other cough medicine products only soothe the symptoms.

London's National Heart and Lung Institute has done a little bit of research on theobromine. It found that it is 33 per cent more effective than codeine at stopping coughing.

How Does The Chocolate Cough Cure Work?

Persistent coughing is a very common condition and can be very hard to treat for the simple reason that it is not possible to administer large doses of codeine to patients as it contains opioid. Medication that is opioid-based has side-effects..so there are dangers with over-dosing etc..

If, or when this drug is developed, the potential to bring great relief and a much-improved quality of life to persistent cough sufferers will be fantastic.

Unrefined cocoa has amazing health benefits..in fact it is believed to be able to wipe out the four biggest and most common killers in the Western world...

• Cancer
• Strokes
• Diabetes
• Heart disease

So, in the meantime, eat plenty of antioxidant -rich chocolate next time you feel a cough coming on!

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