Chocolate causes depression?

A recent study seems to suggest that chocolate causes depression.  If you watch the video available at the link above, you’ll see a very prominent medical doctor state the obvious – that depression may cause people to eat chocolate.

So the point of my post is not to discuss whether chocolate causes depression or vice-versa, it is instead to point out that these “studies” are often fueled by agendas that have nothing to do with giving the public truth.

Be careful of what you believe.  Try to verify information from a few different sources.  And really, beware of these “studies” … especially studies that originally tested for one thing, then use the data to “prove” other things.  That’s just bad science.

Finally, for whatever my opinion is worth, chocolate ALLEVIATES depression.  I can’t think of one time that I’ve bitten into a See’s chocolate and didn’t get instant gratification.  Like Dr. Manny opines, it is most likely that depression causes chocolate eating – not the other way around …