Candy Bars Cut Cholesterol!!!
- Wednesday, April 23 2008 @ 07:08 PM CST
- Contributed by: filbert
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This one moves the BS meter:
Science Daily: Chocolate bar shown to lower cholesterol
Why do I suspect that other dietary factors were not sufficiently controlled for in this particular study.
Oh, yeah, it was sponsored by a candy company. Not that that would skew the results, of course.
The sample size was 49 people, divided into two groups (presumably of 25 and 24). That's an awfully, awfully small sample size when you're dealing with something as complex as human biochemistry. So, the BS meter twitches.
Science Daily: Chocolate bar shown to lower cholesterol
"Eating two CocoaVia dark chocolate bars a day not only lowered cholesterol, it had the unexpected effect of also lowering systolic blood pressure," said John Erdman, a U. of I. professor of food science and human nutrition.
Why do I suspect that other dietary factors were not sufficiently controlled for in this particular study.
Oh, yeah, it was sponsored by a candy company. Not that that would skew the results, of course.
The sample size was 49 people, divided into two groups (presumably of 25 and 24). That's an awfully, awfully small sample size when you're dealing with something as complex as human biochemistry. So, the BS meter twitches.