Dark Chocolate and CFS Study

[MeSci]

When are you guys ever gonna learn to read the fine print and check for a conflict of interest ?

Competing interests
None for TS, ASR, DDM and SLA

SB worked as Head of Research for Nestlé, PLC, York

Authors' contributions
TS, SB, ASR, DDM and SLA contributed to the design, conduct, analysis, drafting and revision of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Acknowledgements
Nestlé PLC York, UK provided the chocolate for the study and performed the analysis as an unrestricted contribution.

I did refer to shortcomings in one of my posts. But conflicts of interest don't automatically negate findings. Those with financial interests in a product have been found to find more favourable results than impartial researchers, but there may still be some truth in the claims of benefit, for example things that have been discussed in this thread.

Maybe if Nestlé are so sure of the benefits of high-cocoa chocolate they should put more cocoa in their commercially-available stuff instead of selling over-milked, under-cocoaed rubbish!

 

[alex3619]

Conflicts of interest create bias, and can distort results, but do not automatically make something wrong. Its a risk factor. Conflicts not only include financial issues, but also membership in schools of medicine, or a vested interest in particular theories.

 

[Little Bluestem]

And then when it comes to justification for eating dark chocolate, some of is just do not care to look too closely.

 

[alex3619]

And then when it comes to justification for eating dark chocolate, some of is just do not care to look too closely.

Who needs to examine it? Unless you can't tolerate an ingredient, eat and enjoy! Its so enjoyable you will tolerate pain better, and so nice it takes your mind off things, so its an antidepressant! There, how was that for self serving justification of a chocolate habit?