Now it turns out there could be something in your cupboard which can ease your need to cough sooner than medicine: chocolate.
Praise the lord.
According to
, chocolate has a specific ingredient that could be more effective than some medicines. They also noted that chocolate doesn't come with any nasty side effects.
A study was conducted in Imperial College London with 10 healthy volunteers. They were given tablets containing theobromine (a constituent of cocoa), codeine (the cough suppressant) or a placebo.
The test involved the volunteers inhaling a chilli gas to induce coughing. The end results showed that theobromine worked better at suspending the cough than codeine did.
As if we needed more of a reason to eat chocolate.
