Letters: Chocolate claims are too delicious to be true

Monday, June 7, 2010 - 02:20 in Health & Medicine

I'll bet you had a lot of hits on your chocolate health benefits story . My survey of the news spin cycles finds that the three that always make health claims are chocolate, red wine and coffee. Decades ago, it was claimed smoking was good for you because it "exercised" your lungs. Tomorrow they'll be claiming oil-flavored seafood caught in the Gulf of Mexico is good for you because you can get more gas in your engine.

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