Finally, the most accurate reactions come from the web itself: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=166912491

> study invalid. no control for calories at all.

> Why are calories not counted on any of the individuals?

> Free reign is not a way to go about doing a study. They might very well have, we don't know. We all know cocoa has weight loss properties (Theobromine), but to do such a poorly constructed study was pointless.