https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2025/11/03/can-the-taste-of-chocolate-make-you-smarter.aspxJapanese researchers found that cocoa’s familiar bitter “bite” can wake up the brain — even when very little of it enters the bloodstream. The sharp taste of cocoa flavanols activates nerves in the mouth, which then send signalsenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)