Let's Settle This: Is Chocolate Ever Good For You?

Look, I too rejoice when I see headlines that claim wine is good for us. 

But according to neurologist Dr Richard Restak, some trials which show the odd drop of vino is good for us have flaws.

In his book How To Prevent Dementia, he pointed out that some “non-drinkers” in observational studies are sober because they’d abused booze in the past, which could have affected their health; this is one of the “built-in limitations” behind dietary studies, he says. 

Might those “limitations” apply to chocolate...