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Story by Susanne Rust

Looking to lose some weight?Get off the treadmill and grab a chocolate bar.

According to a new study from scientists at UC San Diego, there is something about eating chocolate that leaves people thinner than those who don't eat it.

The researchers found that thinness was linked with frequent chocolate eating.

We know that chocolate has a lot of favorable metabolic effects, said Beatrice Golomb, a researcher at UCSD. So, I wondered if those effects also translated into laying down fewer layers of fat in chocolate eaters.

To figure this out, Golomb and her team looked at a database the university had collected earlier on diet and health. The study looked at the eating behavior and health of nearly 1,000 study participants.

One of the questions asked of the study participants was, How many times a week do you consume chocolate?The researchers found that chocolate consumption was linked to greater calorie and saturated fat intake. It also was not linked to greater physical activity.

Yet despite that, chocolate-eating frequency was linked to a lower body mass index. Those who ate chocolate five times a week had a BMI one point lower than those who didn't eat any. For someone who weighs 120 pounds and is about5 feet tall, that one point translates to about 5 pounds, Golomb said.

Golomb said she wasnt able to tease out whether it was milk chocolate or dark chocolate that the chocolate eaters were eating, but she suspects the beneficial qualities are there no matter what kind of chocolate is consumed.

Chocolate is my favorite vegetable, Golomb said. Its a plant-based food rich in phytonutrients.

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