Winning a Nobel Prize for eating lots of chocolate?

According to a new study, chocolate consuming countries are also countries with more Nobel laureates.

But it must be said immediately, how much Nobel laureates eat chocolate with a quantity and the connection between the two is still not solved by scientists.

The author of this study, working at Columbia University, began to learn, studying chocolate's strength after reading the report said that chocolate is very good for humans.

According to another study, it is shown that using a regular amount of cocoa improves the psychological condition for elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment, which is one of the symptoms of dementia in humans. old.

"No studies have shown that people will live longer when eating chocolate as well as improve cognitive function, memory becomes better," Franz shared the reason why he chose this research topic.

Eating lots of chocolate will make people understand
better, according to Franz Messerli.

Therefore, Mr. Franz began conducting surveys, researching and evaluating the number of Nobel Prize recipients in a country and comparing the consumption of chocolate of that country. The result of his research was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Chocolate consumption and Nobel laureates

Sweden only consumes half the amount of chocolate compared to Germany but has the second highest number of Nobel prizes in the world.

"When we compare chocolate consumption and the number of Nobel laureates on average per capita, they will see a close relationship ," Franz said.

"This relationship is 'P' value of 0.0001," said Franz. This means that this probability is smaller than the 1 / 10,000 ratio if there is no exact relationship.

Surely you will not be surprised when you know that Switzerland is the first country in terms of chocolate-related competitions as well as the top in the consumption of chocolate and also the country with many winners. The most Nobel prize is divided by per capita.

However, Sweden is an exception. The country has a high number of Nobel Prize winners, while chocolate consumption is only average.

Mr. Franz hypothesized: "It is possible that the Swedes are very sensitive and only a small amount of chocolate stimulates their intelligence. Therefore, it may be the reason why this country has many people. such Nobel Prize ".

Christopher Pissarides from the London School of Economics gave the number of chocolate consumption he ate when he won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics.

"Since I was a boy, chocolate is one of the indispensable dishes. I eat it every day and it also makes me feel happy when enjoying them. To win a Nobel Prize, Many people will think of something else that makes them successful, but for me, eating chocolate makes my mind feel better and more optimistic, of course, that's not the main reason why My success, but it contributes to helping me have good spirit, then the quality of work also increases , " said Christopher.

However, Swiss Nobel Prize winner Rolf Zinkernagel in 1996 said he had never eaten more than half a kilogram of chocolate annually.

Robert Grubbs, an American Nobel Prize winner in 2005, shared that he himself ate chocolate at any time. A friend of mine introduced me to chocolate and he ate it all since he was young until now along with red wine.

But the link between chocolate and Nobel laureates is still controversial.

Eric Cornell, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2001, said to an interview with Reuters: "I think milk chocolate just makes you stupid . Eating chocolate has nothing to do with anyone. can get a Nobel Prize or not? '

This topic is still being explored by scientists, researchers and researchers with conflicting opinions about the relationship between these two issues.