Pizza Slayer
Coper
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Causes severe bone loss.
[font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Chocolate contains oxalate — a naturally occurring compound in cocoa beans — which can inhibit the absorption of calcium.[/font]
[font='Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif]Higher frequency of chocolate consumption was linearly related to lower bone density and strength ([/font][font='Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif]P[/font][font='Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif] < 0.05). Daily (≥1 times/d) consumption of chocolate, in comparison to <1 time/wk, was associated with a 3.1% lower whole-body bone density; with similarly lower bone density of the total hip, femoral neck, tibia, and heel; and with lower bone strength in the tibia and the heel ([/font][font='Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif]P[/font][font='Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif] < 0.05, for all). Adjustment for covariates did not influence interpretation of the results.[/font]