Smarter than me

In this issue: Why we can't prove eating chocolate makes us smarter but how we might be able to say it improves our cardiovascular health.

Welcome back to Technically Food, the newsletter about how technology is changing the foods we eat. Join me today for a spoooooky Halloween story.

I’m sitting on the couch next to my friend D and his kid, also D, who is playing a video game. I don’t know how it comes up but younger D says to me: “Eating chocolate makes you smarter.” I may have asked wha…