Research Says It Might Be Time To Trade In Your Cough Syrup For Chocolate

Have you ever considered an uncommon cure for your cough?

Next time you've got a cough, skip the honey and lemon — and grab some chocolate. A leading cough and respiratory medicine expert claims that new research proves it's a more effective method of treatment.

“Chocolate can calm coughs,” Professor Alyn Morice, head of cardiovascular and respiratory studies at the University of Hull, and a founding member of the International Society for the Study of Cough, wrote in The Daily Mail. “I know that might sound like something out of Mary Poppins, but as an independent clinician who has spent years researching the mechanism of cough, I can assure you the evidence is actually as solid a bar of Fruit and Nut.”

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