I've begun eating 50 grams of dark chocolate regularly for about a year now. I've noticed that my chess rating has improved about 300 points to just over 1700 and my reaction time and reflexes have improved. I'm 57, so this is a big difference for me. I haven't had a chess rating this high since my 20s.
It's a weird effect but if I drop something, it seems to move in slow motion. I know how it's going to fall, I can easily track it, and I always catch it. My sense of balance has also improved and I can catch myself before any falls. I feel more sure of my steps. My wife plays a word game that gives you letters randomly placed in a circle and you form words from them. She'll hand me her phone and say, "What's this word?" And I'll look at it and instantly get it, like I'm not thinking, I just see it.
Whatever it is, it's transitory, because if I forget it for a week or so, my chess score begins dropping rapidly. I just don't see things and I'll lose ten or fifteen games in a row. Eat dark chocolate and it starts climbing again. Anyone else noticed anything like this?
Edited by Mind, 15 January 2022 - 09:34 PM.