The Chocolate Diet - A Scientific Hoax Goes Viral

The Chocolate Diet - A Scientific Hoax Goes Viral

2015 | 53 minutes |

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Director: Diana Löbl, Peter Onneken
Cast: John Bohannon, Pierre Dukan, Hans Hauner, Uwe Knop, Diana Löbl, Ingrid Mühlhauser, Peter Onneken, Jean-Philippe Zermati

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This film's producers published a study that made the most absurd claim - that eating chocolate can help people lose weight! What happened next is history. The information from fake research spread like wildfire through the media until people realized it was a huge hoax. But the experiment revealed how easy it is to make false declarations through 'scientific studies' for the purpose of advertising!

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