Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:00:00 PDT Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101011/11402311369/dailydirt-unquestioned-benefits-chocolate.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101011/11402311369/dailydirt-unquestioned-benefits-chocolate.shtml

The chocolate consumption of an entire country can be correlated with the chances of winning Nobel prizes. This study brought to you by the Correlation Is Not Causation Foundation. Seriously. [url]

Chocolate can be made even healthier by replacing its fat content with fruit juice. By the addition of a Pickering emulsion of fruit juices and milk, a low-fat chocolate can maintain its chocolatey taste and texture -- which will just encourage chocoholics to eat even more chocolate than they should.... [url]

If you're looking for an excuse to eat more chocolate, a study of 1,000 adults found a correlation that people who eat chocolate more frequently tend to be thinner. To really complete this study, the researchers would need to compare chocolate eaters with non-chocolate eaters -- and come up with a realistic chocolate placebo. [url]

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