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Several studies show this well: Chocolate has a noticeable positive effect on mood. How can he affect it?
In the United States, 40% of women and 15% of men say they have bitten off chocolate, which some claim calms anxiety. Should we see here the effect of the psychotropic substances present in cocoa? Stimulants, such as caffeine and phenylethylamine, or ecstasy, such as cannabis compounds, are known to provide both well-being and addiction.
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But if they behave well in the brain circuits of pleasure and stimulation, nothing proves that they are in sufficient quantities in chocolate to have an effect in vivo.
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According to Serge Ahmed, a neuroscientist who specializes in diabetes, “The pleasant effect of chocolate comes mainly from the sweet sensations produced by the taste buds.” We should also take into account cravings for fat, which neurobiologists Paul Johnson and Paul Kenny of the Scripps Research Institute (US) recently showed can create addictions by also acting on dopaminergic neurons.
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But then, why is white chocolate, the sweeter and fatter chocolate, or dark chocolate, more concentrated in psychotropic substances, and no more common than milk chocolate, which is by far the most popular? Perhaps the special taste qualities of the latter should be taken into account. A standard that science finds difficult to measure. One thing is still for sure: Chocolate’s effect on mood wears off as fast as a square melts in your mouth. Enough to promote bulimia for chocolate.
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