Episode 152: Is Dark Chocolate Good for You? Really?

About this episode

The episode discusses the health implications of dark chocolate in relation to type II diabetes and the challenges of translating research into practice.

Matt and Jess and guest host Harold discuss whether dark chocolate is really good for preventing type II diabetes, or if the research isn’t there yet, and we discuss the challenges of turning research into practice and how we communicate research to policy makers. Study link: Dark Chocolate Study    

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt, Jess

Guest: Harold

Topics covered

• dark chocolate
• type II diabetes
• research communication
• health policy

Keywords

• health benefits
• research
• policy makers

Mentioned in this episode

Products: dark chocolate

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