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DavidGrahamJones
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Isn't the pancreas producing more insulin, while managing BG at the time, the cause of insulin resistance?
When they refer to "blood sugar control", do they mean BG was reduced by 14%.
Reducing risk by 31%, not sure what that means. Do they mean that in 2 lots of 100 people, one lot took chocolate, the other not, and the end result was that there were 31% less chocolate eaters with diabetes? I realise that raw chocolate doesn't have all the sugar and fat of a bar of chocolate (I used to work for Mars, chocolate is pretty disgusting really), I'd like to read the original article in the journal mentioned.
Interesting, making muscle cells more efficient at using sugar, how about other sources of nutrition that the body happily converts to glucose (protein and fat)?
When they refer to "blood sugar control", do they mean BG was reduced by 14%.
Reducing risk by 31%, not sure what that means. Do they mean that in 2 lots of 100 people, one lot took chocolate, the other not, and the end result was that there were 31% less chocolate eaters with diabetes? I realise that raw chocolate doesn't have all the sugar and fat of a bar of chocolate (I used to work for Mars, chocolate is pretty disgusting really), I'd like to read the original article in the journal mentioned.
Interesting, making muscle cells more efficient at using sugar, how about other sources of nutrition that the body happily converts to glucose (protein and fat)?
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And here's an awesome article about how a genuine scientist fooled people into thinking chocolate would make them lose weight (to make a point about scientific trials and the media)
https://io9.gizmodo.com/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-chocolate-helps-weight-1707251800?IR=T
from the article
"I am Johannes Bohannon, Ph.D. Well, actually my name is John, and I’m a journalist. I do have a Ph.D., but it’s in the molecular biology of bacteria, not humans. The Institute of Diet and Health? That’s nothing more than a website.
Other than those fibs, the study was 100 percent authentic. My colleagues and I recruited actual human subjects in Germany. We ran an actual clinical trial, with subjects randomly assigned to different diet regimes. And the statistically significant benefits of chocolate that we reported are based on the actual data. It was, in fact, a fairly typical study for the field of diet research. Which is to say: It was terrible science. The results are meaningless, and the health claims that the media blasted out to millions of people around the world are utterly unfounded.
Here’s how we did it."
Read the link to see more, it's quite interesting....
https://io9.gizmodo.com/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-chocolate-helps-weight-1707251800?IR=T
from the article
"I am Johannes Bohannon, Ph.D. Well, actually my name is John, and I’m a journalist. I do have a Ph.D., but it’s in the molecular biology of bacteria, not humans. The Institute of Diet and Health? That’s nothing more than a website.
Other than those fibs, the study was 100 percent authentic. My colleagues and I recruited actual human subjects in Germany. We ran an actual clinical trial, with subjects randomly assigned to different diet regimes. And the statistically significant benefits of chocolate that we reported are based on the actual data. It was, in fact, a fairly typical study for the field of diet research. Which is to say: It was terrible science. The results are meaningless, and the health claims that the media blasted out to millions of people around the world are utterly unfounded.
Here’s how we did it."
Read the link to see more, it's quite interesting....
carol43
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Really interesting. I now take everything I read with a pinch of salt and sometimes laugh out loud or scream. I know what has worked for me.
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Err too much salt can be bad for you try half a pinch or less.
Of course this depends on how much you read.
Of course this depends on how much you read.
Always good to admit bias when discussing these things.
I am heavily biased towards chocolate. It is the 4th macro nutrient and vital to my mental emotional and physical health.
I am less enthusiastic about the sugar and dairy that often accompany the cocoa, but nevertheless biased towards chocolate.
I therefore declare that the study mentioned in the OP looks brilliant to me and exactly what I want to hear. And eat.
It is excellent science and we should all be stuffing choc at every opportunity.
So long as there is enough 70% cocoa solid stuff left over for me.
I am heavily biased towards chocolate. It is the 4th macro nutrient and vital to my mental emotional and physical health.
I am less enthusiastic about the sugar and dairy that often accompany the cocoa, but nevertheless biased towards chocolate.
I therefore declare that the study mentioned in the OP looks brilliant to me and exactly what I want to hear. And eat.
It is excellent science and we should all be stuffing choc at every opportunity.
So long as there is enough 70% cocoa solid stuff left over for me.
