A Treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2012-04-18

IMPORTANT NOTE: Though the observational data does appear rife (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFOOzHKXCxw) with reverse causation, a new study (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02223-9.epdf) published interventional data in mice and in vitro on 2/27/23 that suggests erythritol may indeed be harmful, and so I urge everyone to stop consuming it until we know more.
 
An industry-funded randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial study suggests chocolate may improve symptoms for those suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating condition currently affecting as many as 7 million Americans. But how do you get the cacao phytonutrients without the saturated fat and added sugar?

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Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at ‪http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/a-treatment-for-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ and I'll try to answer it!‬ For some of my previous videos on chocolate, see Healthiest Chocolate Fix (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/healthiest-chocolate-fix/), Update On Chocolate (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/update-on-chocolate/), and my last recipe video on the topic, Healthy Chocolate Milkshakes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/healthy-chocolate-milkshakes/). For why I'm so skeptical of industry-sponsored studies, see Food Industry "Funding Effect" (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-industry-funding-effect/) and my other 26 videos on industry influence (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/industry-influence/). And if that's not enough, there are hundreds of other videos on more than a thousand subjects (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/).

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