chocolate with chronic fatigue syndrome and the researchers used only
ten subjects and eliminated anyone who had co-occurring depression so
the attempt to link depression to chronic fatigue syndrome and
chocolate in this book makes very little sense. The full study can be
found here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3001690/?tool=pubmed
The researchers also used a fatigue scale (Chalder) that has been
shown to have a glass ceiling. A ceiling that does not account for
post exertional malaise lasting 24-hours, unrelieved by rest and upon
minimal exertion such as washing the dishes or walking the dog. So
there is no way of knowing whether chocolate consumption (very
specifically 15g of high cocoa liquor/polyphenol rich chocolate 3x per
day) had a therapeutic effect on post exertional malaise in this
population or whether the patients defined by a CDC definition even
had post exertional malaise. Nor do the recipes in the book appear to
contain the therapeutic amounts.
[Kindle Edition]
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Depression and Chocolate Recipes
Casey Swain (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Chronic-Syndrome-Depression-Chocolate-ebook/
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