Instead I’m having a banana and black coffee for breakfast. Damn you Kevin for tempting me!

Yeah I have to agree with the point above. Correlation does not mean causation. If it did you could make all sorts of claims!

As a Psychology student who has just taken a module in Nutrition and Behaviour I can also state that the evidence for chocolate on mood is far from conclusive.

Conditions like SAD particularly raise questions about people self-medicating because they feel depressed. It is particularly likely with foods high in carbohydrate such as chocolate (also it also contains high levels of fat) which potrentially affects several neurotransmitter systems (including dopamine, serotonin and endorphins) that contribute to appetite, reward and mood regulation.

Some studies:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T2X-4JHMXTV-3&_user=10&_coverDate=06%2F30%2F2006&_alid=1318210593&_rdoc=3&_fmt=full&_orig=search&_cdi=4930&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=1137&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=ae6750be07cf9d24f3db02214862f388#secx6

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WB2-4M7CM96-1&_user=10&_coverDate=01%2F31%2F2007&_alid=1318209311&_rdoc=8&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=6698&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=1776&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=91c98e0016cc77a1672257a92815c0e1

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T2X-4JHMXTV-3&_user=10&_coverDate=06%2F30%2F2006&_alid=1318209311&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=4930&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=1776&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=7290a979c30099bed1de8210842b3827

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B7MF9-4PSK1YC-C&_user=10&_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2007&_alid=1318209311&_rdoc=2&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=23253&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=1776&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=178d2187389925ec54293784b655f7f5

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WB2-4JHMXSG-3&_user=10&_coverDate=05%2F31%2F2006&_alid=1318209311&_rdoc=4&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=6698&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=1776&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=68b43f9a67ebe84428ce4ff159ecd196

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WB2-4NTBFF1-1&_user=10&_coverDate=11%2F30%2F2007&_alid=1318209311&_rdoc=3&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=6698&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=1776&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=d8f096445de8936eb676908fb8ee61b7

It’s awesome if you ditch The Colonel’s Sauce (which just sounds wrong). I’m not sure how many cals are in the soybean oil based sauce, but it’s no good for you, either way.

The email that you sent out about this post noted that the DD only has 540 cal. I can’t beleive that for a minute… their grilled version has more according to their nutritional information… how do they explain the fact that the same sandwich minus a 1/4″ of greasy breading surrounding both pieces of chicken has less calories than something that was grilled without skin? I think I read somewhere that the fried DD has closer to 1100cal.

But what this post ultimately accomplished was a nearly uncontrollable desire for IHOP…

Reminds me of http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/ nom nom nom

Friggin sweet Kevin. That was the lamest TV moment of my teenage years.