Regular Eaters of Chocolate are Thinner
EvgeniZyntx
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Was just reading the article in Bicycling on this...
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressreleases/regular_chocolate_eaters_are_thinner
study:
http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1108800
Eat your chocolate! And ice cream!
Katherine Hepburn famously said of her slim physique: “What you see before you is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.” New evidence suggests she may have been right.
Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, and colleagues present new findings that may overturn the major objection to regular chocolate consumption: that it makes people fat. The study, showing that adults who eat chocolate on a regular basis are actually thinner that those who don’t, will be published online in the Archives of Internal Medicine on March 26.
The authors dared to hypothesize that modest, regular chocolate consumption might be calorie-neutral –in other words, that the metabolic benefits of eating modest amounts of chocolate might lead to reduced fat deposition per calorie and approximately offset the added calories (thus rendering frequent, though modest, chocolate consumption neutral with regard to weight). To assess this hypothesis, the researchers examined dietary and other information provided by approximately 1000 adult men and women from San Diego, for whom weight and height had been measured.
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressreleases/regular_chocolate_eaters_are_thinner
study:
http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1108800
Eat your chocolate! And ice cream!
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My grandfather credited beer for his health and longevity, true story.0
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Scientists also speculate that no single food item contributes to fat gain, more at 11.0
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sure....regular eaters because they don't deny and then binge....
but still there's a difference between a regular eater that has a square or two every day...
and a regular eater that has four bars a day (on top of their daily allotted calories)
so yeah0 -
my issue is with the 'moderate' bit
i just find it so hard to eat it moderately, if i get choccy, i want more and more and more of it.0 -
*looks down*
Oh, that's a load of crap!0 -
So are crack heads. that doesn't mean you should do it
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I eat chocolate very day. It isn't helping.
Well, it may be, but so far it's being counteracted by something.0 -
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caloric surplus? gain weight
caloric deficit? lose weight
caloric balance? maintain weight
effect of chocolate? plug into one of the above0 -
^^^This! I enjoy a square or two of Ghiradelli or Godiva generally at least once a week, sometimes several days in a week, depending on how I'm feeling. But, again, it's the moderation that makes a difference, IMO. If you can't practice self-control, then it's probably better to just avoid chocolate if it's a trigger food. I'm all about being moderate and having the things I enjoy. I'm in this for the long haul.sure....regular eaters because they don't deny and then binge....
but still there's a difference between a regular eater that has a square or two every day...
and a regular eater that has four bars a day (on top of their daily allotted calories)
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I have an uncle who turns 102 this week! if you ask him, he thinks his longevity comes from moonshine and bacon.
my hubby's grandpa, who lived to be over 100 as well, ate bacon 2x a day for as long as my hubby knew him. AND he did the coffee thing where you brew it with the egg in it most days too
I'm going for the bacon, egg, coffee & moonshine diet!
Brewing coffee with an egg?! I've never heard of this PLEASE ELABORATE.0 -
I know when I make room for 3 squares of dark chocolate (which is 3/5 of a serving according to the package) every day, I don't crave other sweets. So for me it's not just simply an abstain and then binge type of thing... it really does help me stave off other sweet cravings.0
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All about moderation and what kind of chocolate you're eating. Having that crap waxie stuff is awful... I'm a 70% + cocoa girl unless I'm craving a chocolate bar.
Check outmy food log and you'll see chocolate at least 3 times a week!0 -
1 a night keeps the cravings at bay0 -
my issue is with the 'moderate' bit
i just find it so hard to eat it moderately, if i get choccy, i want more and more and more of it.
What I do is keep the bag at home and then only bring with me my moderate amount to work. Then I cannot get any more and by the time my brain as recieved that I have had chocolate, I don't crave it when I go home and eat the rest.0 -
1 a night keeps the cravings at bay
That looks so fcking disgusting!
Give me a real piece of dark chocolate. Kthnx.0 -
Obviously no single food is responsible of weight gain or weight loss and I posted this sort of tongue in cheek to see what we would get -- no one is recommending it as a "weight gain solution".
What is interesting is the positive effects of cacao - because I love it, and eat it - daily and mostly to moderation. It has not hindered me in any way.
And by the way, what was found was that those that eat chocolate had a lower BMI. Not that chocolate actually reduces weight. Adding chocolate to a calorie surplus is not in any way recommended - don't abuse it or gummi bears.
As the authors write....Chocolate products are often rich in sugar and fat, contributing to assumptions that chocolate boosts BMI. This study does not obviate the possibility that some chocolate-containing products do so, that some chocolate consumption profiles do so, or that for some people, even frequent modest chocolate consumption does so. Moreover, since findings are cross-sectional, causality in the observed association cannot be presumed. However, the finding fits with the literature suggesting benefits of chocolate for other metabolic factors, and we failed to identify a link of chocolate to key BMI-relevant confounders in a direction to explain the finding. Moreover, our findings comport with recent findings from experimental frequent feeding of modest doses of epicatechin from chocolate to rats.8- 9 Polyphenols (eg, catechins) in chocolate1 have antioxidant properties and are candidates to underlie favorable chocolate associations with metabolic factors. Cocoa-derived epicatechin, specifically, is reported to increase mitochondrial biogenesis and capillarity, muscular performance, and lean muscle mass and to reduce weight without changing calories or exercise in rodent studies.8- 9 Parallel processes in humans, if present, could underlie our findings.
.In conclusion, our findings—that more frequent chocolate intake is linked to lower BMI—are intriguing. They accord with other findings suggesting that diet composition, as well as calorie number, may influence BMI. They comport with reported benefits of chocolate to other elements of MetS. Compatible experimental findings in rats given epicatechin from cocoa suggest the association could be causal. A randomized trial of chocolate for metabolic benefits in humans may be merited.0 -
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I am proof this study is flawed.0
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I love really dark chocolate and eat a square or two a couple nights a week. I work it into my calories though and have no delusions that it is either contributing to or hindering my fitness goals.0
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I have an uncle who turns 102 this week! if you ask him, he thinks his longevity comes from moonshine and bacon.
my hubby's grandpa, who lived to be over 100 as well, ate bacon 2x a day for as long as my hubby knew him. AND he did the coffee thing where you brew it with the egg in it most days too
I'm going for the bacon, egg, coffee & moonshine diet!
That's a diet I could stick to! :laugh:0 -
Oh nice!
So now I can finish my wife's last purchase:
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This sounds like the "breakfast eaters are slim" study. Well, yeah. They're not trying to restrict food. I think that explanation is far more likely than there's something "special" about chocolate, or eating breakfast, or any other correlation != causation study that comes out.0
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*looks down*
Oh, that's a load of crap!
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1 a night keeps the cravings at bay
That looks so fcking disgusting!
Give me a real piece of dark chocolate. Kthnx.
Leaving the "u" out does not make this a nice word...lol0 -
my issue is with the 'moderate' bit
i just find it so hard to eat it moderately, if i get choccy, i want more and more and more of it.
What I do is keep the bag at home and then only bring with me my moderate amount to work. Then I cannot get any more and by the time my brain as recieved that I have had chocolate, I don't crave it when I go home and eat the rest.
The ONLY dark chocolate I can stand is Green & Black's 85% cocoa. It is AMAZING. And very rich. I eat six squares a day (dipped in peanut butter, but it's good plain, too). I buy several bars and break off those squares into a bowl as a dessert after lunch. I never crave more because it's so rich and filling and actually very low in sugar and quite healthy.
I no longer even like milk chocolate.0 -
1 a night keeps the cravings at bay
That looks so fcking disgusting!
Give me a real piece of dark chocolate. Kthnx.
Leaving the "u" out does not make this a nice word...lol
Classified under: Things that contain chocolate and look like turds.0 -
That looks so fcking disgusting!
Give me a real piece of dark chocolate. Kthnx.
nobody asked you to fcking try it Kthnx0 -
1 a night keeps the cravings at bay
That looks so fcking disgusting!
Give me a real piece of dark chocolate. Kthnx.
Leaving the "u" out does not make this a nice word...lol
Classified under: Things that contain chocolate and look like turds.
Also contains: Water, White Whole Wheat Flour, Organic Sugar, Egg Whites, Inulin, Chocolate Drops, Cocoa Powder, Soy Fiber, Dried Honey, Wheat Gluten, Leavening (Potassium Bicarbonate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate), Tricalcium Phosphate, Lecithin, Chocolate Flavor, Sea Salt, Natural Flavor, Xanthan Gum, Natural Sweetener (Rebiana, Monk Fruit Extract), Vitamin A, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Folic Acid, Iron, Biotin, Zinc. CONTAINS: Egg, Soy, Wheat.0 -
That looks so fcking disgusting!
Give me a real piece of dark chocolate. Kthnx.
nobody asked you to fcking try it Kthnx
wow- even chocolate causes a fking *kitten* storm0
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