Nothing to write home about

Back in January of this year, I came across a medical study indicating that dark chocolate might help chronic fatigue sufferers. Within a couple of weeks of taking a few squares of 99% chocolate on a daily basis I began to notice a difference.
At last the BBC has caught on to the story.

What tickled me about their report was this:

Heather Walker, Communications Manager, Action for ME, said: “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if eating chocolate every day could alleviate the symptoms of chronic illness?

“If it were that easy, there would not be 250,000 people in the UK today whose lives are being been devastated by ME.”

I’m sure Heather was phoned up out of the blue by a BBC reporter, the last in a long line of journalists asking for quotes about apparent miracle cures for ME. It must be exasperating to be constantly asked for quotes on quack cures like Mickel therapy. Maybe it was the last straw.

Chocolate? Come on, you’ve gotta be kidding, right?

But Heather, please check it out before you dismiss it out of hand. There might just be something in it.

Actually, this (former) ME sufferer does think it’s wonderful. I don’t think it’s a miracle cure but this summer I climbed half way up a mountain - last year I was having problems getting half way up the stairs.