The funny thing is: The "chocolate helps you loose weight" is actually quite well established and is a common strategy to use to help people loose weight, parti

The funny thing is: The "chocolate helps you loose weight" is actually quite well established and is a common strategy to use to help people loose weight, particularly people who "comfort eat" sweets. The catch is high cocoa content chocolate (>80%) is an appetite inhibiter. So the recommendation is that people who need the "sweets/sugar" rush in certain situations to eat a piece of dark chocolate, because it gives them the "rush", but also reduces their appetite, unlike many other sweets which have been designed to want more. Many words just to say that often this is more about the science reporting than the science.