Eating chocolate 'can help relieve pain', study claims
Eating chocolate and drinking a glass of water can help relieve pain, a study has found.

By Andrew Hough
Published: 7:00AM BST 14 Oct 2009

The distraction of eating chocolate for pleasure acts as a natureal painkiller, the study found. Photo: CATHAL McNAUGHTON
The distraction of eating and drinking water for pleasure acts as a natural way of beating pain, the researchers discovered.

The natural painkiller, discovered during testing in rats, is the first to demonstrate such a powerful effect, said the study published in the Journal of Neuroscience.