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Key Takeaway: Participants consuming ≥5 servings of dark chocolate per week had a significantly lower risk of T2D (21% lower) compared to those who consumed li

Key Takeaway: Participants consuming ≥5 servings of dark chocolate per week had a significantly lower risk of T2D (21% lower) compared to those who consumed little or none.

julianeon 2y ago
This is useful because, at a glance, most people would probably assume chocolate is a candy and candy is bad and the study just added another drop to that bucket of evidence.
- robertlagrant 2y ago
  Milk chocolate is very different. Don't take the wrong lesson from this.
  - teractiveodular 2y ago
    The study says milk chocolate also reduces your risk by 10%.
    - murkle 2y ago
      Where do you see that? I see "No significant associations were found for milk chocolate intake" and "Intake of milk, but not dark, chocolate was positively associated with weight gain."
      - teractiveodular 2y ago
        Ah, I stand corrected: the study starts by stating "After adjusting for personal, lifestyle, and dietary risk factors, participants consuming ≥5 servings/week of any chocolate showed a significant 10% (95% CI 2% to 17%; P trend=0.07) lower rate of T2D compared with those who never or rarely consumed chocolate", but goes on to split by chocolate types and then the positive effect disappears for milk chocolate.
markus_zhang 2y ago
I always wonder how much is one serving? 1 ounce? Why can't they just say 1 ounce or xx grams? Same goes to "cup", guess it's an American thing.
- scrozier 2y ago
  You're right about the "serving" thing. But in the US, at least, a cup in a culinary context means precisely eight ounces.
  - devonbleak 2y ago
    Eight ounces by weight or by volume? /s
    - scrozier 2y ago
      Volume…sorry, should have made that distinction.
  - daemonologist 2y ago
    Now we're tempted to go down the ounce rabbit hole (the US fluid ounce is based on the medieval British system, which is based on the density of wine, probably). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_ounce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_ounce
- magicalhippo 2y ago
  Brian Regan had a good one on that[1]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBko_3wT44Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBko_3wT44Q

Key Takeaway: Participants consuming ≥5 servings of dark chocolate per week had a significantly lower risk of T2D (21% lower) compared to those who consumed little or none.

julianeon 2y ago

This is useful because, at a glance, most people would probably assume chocolate is a candy and candy is bad and the study just added another drop to that bucket of evidence.

robertlagrant 2y ago
Milk chocolate is very different. Don't take the wrong lesson from this.
- teractiveodular 2y ago
  The study says milk chocolate also reduces your risk by 10%.
  - murkle 2y ago
    Where do you see that? I see "No significant associations were found for milk chocolate intake" and "Intake of milk, but not dark, chocolate was positively associated with weight gain."
    - teractiveodular 2y ago
      Ah, I stand corrected: the study starts by stating "After adjusting for personal, lifestyle, and dietary risk factors, participants consuming ≥5 servings/week of any chocolate showed a significant 10% (95% CI 2% to 17%; P trend=0.07) lower rate of T2D compared with those who never or rarely consumed chocolate", but goes on to split by chocolate types and then the positive effect disappears for milk chocolate.

markus_zhang 2y ago

I always wonder how much is one serving? 1 ounce? Why can't they just say 1 ounce or xx grams? Same goes to "cup", guess it's an American thing.

scrozier 2y ago
You're right about the "serving" thing. But in the US, at least, a cup in a culinary context means precisely eight ounces.
- devonbleak 2y ago
  Eight ounces by weight or by volume? /s
  - scrozier 2y ago
    Volume…sorry, should have made that distinction.
- daemonologist 2y ago
  Now we're tempted to go down the ounce rabbit hole (the US fluid ounce is based on the medieval British system, which is based on the density of wine, probably). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_ounce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_ounce
magicalhippo 2y ago
Brian Regan had a good one on that[1]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBko_3wT44Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBko_3wT44Q