When taking a closer look, one discovers that once the studies funded by chocolate interest groups were discarded, the ones left offered conflicting results. As expected, some isolated compounds in cocoa did however show certain health benefits. Because it is a common practice in nutritional research to do studies on food fractions, outcomes may sometimes appear negative because they are done without any co-factors or Whole-Food nutrients. However in the case of cocoa, some of the research was positive because all the detrimental ingredients in chocolate - and their negative health effects - were not part of the study... Full Text