Trim down with chocolate?
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March 27, 2012 |
It sounds too good to be true… Researchers have found that people who eat a little bit of chocolate regularly are, on average, slimmer than those who don’t.
Chemicals called antioxidants, present in chocolate, help to cleanse other more harmful chemicals from our bodies. The researchers think these chocolaty antioxidants may also help bulk up muscles and drive weight down.
I’m not suggesting chocolate is better than a nice piece of fruit, but this Easter maybe I’ll feel less guilty about indulging.
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A little bit of chocolate may also be good for blood pressure, cholesterol levels and insulin sensitivity.
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Kieran
Keep the Dairy Milks coming, then!
Dean
antioxidants are found in so many different food products. How do they know that antioxidants in chocolate are the cause of good health and not just correlated to a different underlying factor? For example, perhaps people who eat chocolate in small quantities are more food wise than people who eat loads of chocolate or who try to avoid chocolate and other fatty foods at all cost! This doesn’t sound like good science to me. The bottom line is that the scientists have merely found a correlation and only “think” (or speculate) that antioxidants play a causal role. So maybe it isn’t bad science, but bad interpretation of a simple correlation.
Janina
I really want to believe that research! …im going to get my chocolate bar now and wont feel guilty