TOKYO -- Facing criticism over a government-backed report that said chocolate could reverse brain aging, the Japanese Cabinet Office admitted that the claim was "inappropriate."
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Chocolate is not exactly brain food, Japan admits
Shoddy research behind report backed by government and confectionery maker Meiji
Cocoa beans and chocolate bars at a shop in Tokyo. The government has backed off claims that eating cacao-rich chocolate could rejuvenate the brain.
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