{"id":25475,"date":"2019-11-25T13:56:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T02:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=25475"},"modified":"2019-11-25T13:56:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T02:56:07","slug":"new-science-says-chocolate-fights-a-cough-better-than-an-rx-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=25475","title":{"rendered":"New Science Says Chocolate Fights a Cough Better Than an Rx Medication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"543\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Chocolate_On_Slate_On_Wood-1024x543.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate\" class=\"wp-image-25476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Chocolate_On_Slate_On_Wood-1024x543.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Chocolate_On_Slate_On_Wood-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Chocolate_On_Slate_On_Wood-768x407.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Chocolate_On_Slate_On_Wood.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Good news for chocoholics. The next time you come down with a cough, just pop a piece of your favorite treat and you&#8217;ll get all the cough-suppressing effects of codeine syrup without the fuzzy-headed side-effects. Here&#8217;s how it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Alyn Morice, a respected authority on all things related to coughs and respiratory medicine, wrote in the Daily Mail that chocolate can soothe coughs better than codeine syrup by forming a sticky coating that protects the nerve endings in your throat that cause you to cough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The viscosity of the melted chocolate coating also allows cough-suppressing ingredients naturally present in cocoa to come into contact with your ravaged throat nerves and calm them down, says Professor Morice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smother your cough with yummy chocolate without the sleepy side-effects of codeine? It&#8217;s almost enough to make you welcome winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drinking a cup of hot chocolate does not have the same cough-suppressing effect. As cozy and comforting as hot chocolate might feel, the diluted chocolate solution does not have enough long-term clinging contact with the nerves in your throat to be effective. According to Professor Morice, you&#8217;d be better off sucking on a piece of chocolate, letting it melt down slowly to coat your throat. We&#8217;d add, make that a piece of dark chocolate if you want to get the healthy benefit of natural antioxidants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shape.com\/lifestyle\/mind-and-body\/chocolate-fights-coughs-better-codeine-says-science\">https:\/\/www.shape.com\/lifestyle\/mind-and-body\/chocolate-fights-coughs-better-codeine-says-science<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good news for chocoholics. The next time you come down with a cough, just pop a piece of your favorite treat and you&#8217;ll get all the cough-suppressing effects of codeine syrup without the fuzzy-headed side-effects. Here&#8217;s how it works. Professor Alyn Morice, a respected authority on all things related to coughs and respiratory medicine, wrote &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=25475\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Science Says Chocolate Fights a Cough Better Than an Rx Medication&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25477,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25475\/revisions\/25477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}