Very interesting story about a researcher and some journalists who show just how ridiculous some nutrition science can be. Makes interesting points in regards to journalists/news sites desire to drive traffic to their sites and the ridiculousness that is open access journals, which publish crap science for money. So much confusion and "noise" out there in regards to nutrition. I roll my eyes every time I see something online that is anti-GMO, anti-gluten, anti-artificial sweeteners and every other thing you can possibly think of.

"I am Johannes Bohannon, Ph.D. Well, actually my name is John, and I’m a journalist. I do have a Ph.D., but it’s in the molecular biology of bacteria, not humans. The Institute of Diet and Health? That’s nothing more than a website. Other than those fibs, the study was 100 percent authentic. My colleagues and I recruited actual human subjects in Germany. We ran an actual clinical trial, with subjects randomly assigned to different diet regimes. And the statistically significant benefits of chocolate that we reported are based on the actual data. It was, in fact, a fairly typical study for the field of diet research. Which is to say: It was terrible science. The results are meaningless, and the health claims that the media blasted out to millions of people around the world are utterly unfounded."

http://io9.com/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-chocolate-helps-weight-1707251800