Snippit Sports Science Podcast

Snippit is made possible by listeners like you. Please help support the podcast: ► https://www.patreon.com/snippitscience    We all love (well, most of us) chocolate.  There are lots of reported benefits for the consumption, but what is fact and what is fiction?  This Snippit covers a comprehensive review of chocolate consumption:   Clin Nutr. 2018 Jun 1. pii: S0261-5614(18)30204-8 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261561418302048   Is chocolate consumption associated with health outcomes? An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.   Veronese N, Demurtas J, Celotto S, Caruso MG, Maggi S, Bolzetta F, Firth J, Smith L, Schofield P, Koyanagi A, Yang L, Solmi M, Stubbs B   Abstract   BACKGROUND & AIMS: The literature regarding the potential health benefits of chocolate consumption are unclear and the epidemiological credibility has not been systematically scrutinized, while the strength of the evidence is undetermined. We therefore aimed to map and grade the diverse health