This is one of those stories that sounds like amazing news, but gets less and less amazing with every detail. That's a spoiler. So, for a few brief, shining moments, bask in the glory of this sentence:

Chocolate is better for you than exercise!

Now that you've heard it, it's time to kill your dreams.

Chocolate contains a chemical compound called flavanols. Researchers at Columbia University and New York University found that a large dose of them were better for the brain than exercising.

They increased the blood flow to the brain, improved people's memory, and made them sharper overall.

However, it took a ton of flavanols to do it. The researchers used a concentrated form of cocoa powder for the test.  To get the effects at home, you'd have to eat 44 pounds of chocolate in a day.

Although that's better for your brain than exercise — it's exponentially worse for your body.  So until we can get our hands on that concentrated cocoa powder, this study basically has no effect on our lives.