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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 862555" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p><a href="http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/567211/Chocolate-weight-loss-lowers-blood-cholesterol-aids-better-sleep" target="_blank">http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/567211/Chocolate-weight-loss-lowers-blood-cholesterol-aids-better-sleep</a></p><p>(not the only newspaper to report this)</p><p>Sounds good , but according to this it shows just how easy it is to convince the press that you have valid trial with valid results.(and I'm assuming that this is true, I haven't followed it up so that's bad)</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-chocolate-helps-weight-1707251800" target="_blank">http://io9.com/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-chocolate-helps-weight-1707251800</a></p><p></p><p>Some good pointers to look for when looking at claimed results from research</p><p></p><p>edit follow up from the Washington Post</p><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/28/how-and-why-a-journalist-tricked-news-outlets-into-thinking-chocolate-makes-you-thin/?hpid=z5" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/28/how-and-why-a-journalist-tricked-news-outlets-into-thinking-chocolate-makes-you-thin/?hpid=z5</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 862555, member: 12578"] [URL]http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/567211/Chocolate-weight-loss-lowers-blood-cholesterol-aids-better-sleep[/URL] (not the only newspaper to report this) Sounds good , but according to this it shows just how easy it is to convince the press that you have valid trial with valid results.(and I'm assuming that this is true, I haven't followed it up so that's bad) [URL]http://io9.com/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-chocolate-helps-weight-1707251800[/URL] Some good pointers to look for when looking at claimed results from research edit follow up from the Washington Post [URL]http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/28/how-and-why-a-journalist-tricked-news-outlets-into-thinking-chocolate-makes-you-thin/?hpid=z5[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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