Fudge beats broccoli!

[Eaglewalker]

...Some *&!*% did a study and asked breast cancer survivors about their eating habits and "found" they ate more choc than "normal". ... *he* could and should have concluded that chocolate is why we are Survivors.

Not necessarily. What was the comparison? Was he comparing women who survived breast cancer to women who never got it? Or to women who died? If the former, then his conclusion, on the face of it, may be valid, depending on the design of the study. If the latter -- well, unless you are John Edward, it's a little difficult to ask the deceased about their chocolate-eating habits.

A better study would be to track forty thousand women over twenty years, including chocolate-eating habits in the data. If the women who ate more chocolate also got more cancer, then a correlation could be made -- unless, of course, the women who ate more chocolate also smoked more, ate less broccoli, had more or fewer pregnancies, whatever.

Personally, I don't like chocolate, and I do like broccoli, and I adore brussel sprouts! <ducks>