2006-06-14 16:55:01 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Today the scientists believe they have found a chemical explanation behind this behaviour. The reason that there are so many of us craving chocolate – not bacon, marshmallows or biscuits – is that chocolate has an exceptional high amount of phenylethylamine.
Phenylethylamine plays a vital role when we fall in love and feel passion, and the phenylethylamine levels peaks during orgasm. Chocolate has always been associated with love and the cocoa bean was considered an aphrodisiac by the Maya and Aztec cultures more than 1500 years ago. So, it comes as no surprise the phenylethylamine once discovered soon became popularly know as 'the love drug'.
2006-06-14 19:50:20 · answer #1 · answered by Muddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The scientific name for the plant from which chocolate is produced is cacao theobromos - and theobromos means "food of the gods".
Chocolate ia made from cacao beans and contains a chemical called theobromine. Thebromine effects the production of serotonin and endorphins in the brain. It literally makes you feel good. Cacao also contains some caffiene, which acts as a neurostimulant.
The MesoAmericans who originally used chocolate roasted the beans, ground them up, steeped them in water and made a cold drink from them: the theobromine and caffiene were enough on their own to make people feel good. When Europeans tried it, they also added sugar and cream to the mixture, making it even more potent.
But the specific feel-good chemical is still just theobromine. Good stuff.
2006-06-14 17:18:20 · answer #2 · answered by motherbombey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chocolate is extracted from Coco beans. coco beans are found in a coco tree.
Coco beans has a chemical that has a influence to the brain.
According to research and studies, when a person eats chocolate the chemical reacts and makes the person feel as if he is in love.
Chocolate makes the person feel as if in love.
I usually dont feel such stuff, but science say so.
So.....enjoy...^_^
2006-06-14 17:29:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fat and sugar are the # 1 things people like and chocolate is like an addiction to so many people because it has the most of it and the more the better! :)
2006-06-14 17:06:34 · answer #4 · answered by Hannah Montana! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chocolate has a chemical in it that creates a sense of well-being in the brain.
2006-06-14 17:00:32 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caffeine, for one thing.
Also, chocolate contains a substance that promotes healthy brain chemistry. That's why chocolate is such a calming experience for many who partake of it.
2006-06-14 16:59:08 · answer #6 · answered by magic621a 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Fat
2. Sugar
3. Bittersweet :)
2006-06-14 16:58:20 · answer #7 · answered by mthompson828 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not sure I can help with that answer, but you just reminded me that I needed a chocolate fix at midnite.......thanks, i guess...lol. ill go eat my brownie now.
2006-06-14 16:59:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fast transition, melting from from solid to liquid, at a temperature near body temp is one reason.
2006-06-14 17:03:04 · answer #9 · answered by Chief 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like berries...the darker the candy...the sweeter...the tooth.
2006-06-14 16:59:58 · answer #10 · answered by yvonnejust4today 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋