Researchers at the University of California claim to have discovered that people who eat chocolate regularly tend to be lighter than those who rarely eat it. The findings may seem surprising in that chocolate has a great many calories and, in general, the more calories people consume, the more likely they are to put on weight. The recent studies emphasize that it is more the regularity with which people eat chocolate that is significant rather than the amount they consume. Whether they eat a little or a lot seems to make no difference, whereas eating it frequently appears to reduce weight more than only having it occasionally.