some women will kill over chocolate and at that time of the month don't come between a woman and chocolate
2006-11-03 10:38:36
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answered by conundrum_dragon 7
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Women's craving: Cultural or chemical?
That advice may be hard for women to heed -- especially when premenstrual craving surfaces once a month. Women's bodies scream for chocolate.
But the health-conscious side shifts to high alert, warning of all the fat -- heart-healthy or not -- and sugar.
So what's a woman to do? It may depend on why she has the craving -- whether she'd be answering to the body's physiological or psychological call for chocolate.
By studying women in Spain and in the United States, Debra Zellner, Ph.D., a psychologist and professor at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, concluded that women in the U.S. have the craving because they've turned chocolate into a nutritional taboo -- delicious, but loaded with calories and fat. Convinced it's a wicked indulgence, she theorizes, these women tell themselves they shouldn't have it, then wind up falling off the wagon, particularly before they menstruate, when they might be feeling a little low.
"You feel better because you've just treated yourself to something, but there's no physiological reason," says Zellner, who found that Spanish women simply didn't crave chocolate as much as women in the United States.
Zellner may face opposition when she presents her findings this summer at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviors in Dublin, Ireland. Numerous studies and papers have been published on the attraction to chocolate, and some scientists are convinced a physiological connection exists. More than 400 chemicals have been identified in chocolate, some of which could affect mood. Zellner says she thinks any pharmacologically active chemicals in chocolate occur in amounts too small to have an impact, but others aren't so sure.
Debra Waterhouse, a registered dietitian and the author of the 1999 book "Why Women Need Chocolate," thinks both culture and chemicals come into play. Chemicals in chocolate affect levels of the body's mood-affecting chemicals, including serotonin, endorphins and phenylethylamine, which the body releases in response to romance, Waterhouse says.
A comprehensive review of chocolate research, published in the October 1999 Journal of the American Dietetic Association, came to the same conclusion. Two nutritionists at the University of Arizona in Tucson examined almost 75 research papers published over the past two decades on the craving for chocolate -- and decided emotions, social values, sensory qualities, chemicals and the hormonal cycles of women all play a role. "It's the whole package," says co-author and nutrition professor Doug Taren, Ph.D.
Of course, the swirl of clinical opinions matters little when it comes to pleasing your sweetheart. "The bottom line is that chocolate does make women feel good," Waterhouse says. "If the message -- loud and clear -- is chocolate, trust your body, let go of the guilt."
2006-11-03 18:39:11
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answered by misskate12001 6
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Eating chocolate is supposed to trigger the same endorphins in your brain as sex. So women who eat lost of chocolate are, presumably, unsatisfied in the bedroom. Don't know if that's true but I do seem to crave it more when things are not right in my relationship
2006-11-05 07:02:33
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answered by Anonymous
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6 out of 10 women will give up chocolate for the rest of their lives for 1 million pounds (gbp/uk) what happens to the 4?
2006-11-03 18:55:56
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answered by tynamitom 2
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no it not food porn are you jealous. Women and some men just love the smooth taste of chocolate.
2006-11-03 18:38:45
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answered by Mary Smith 6
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Love and Chocolate
Do you believe in Love at First Sight? Well I do, and what’s more scientists seem to back me up. They now believe that the initial phase of falling in love is due to a whole cocktail of chemicals that are released into the brain so that, biochemically speaking, passionate love is similar to substance abuse. And strangely enough, chocolate also causes the brain to release chemicals, in this case b-endorphin, a naturally occurring chemical similar to opium. So, you really can be addicted to love and addicted to chocolate!
Sex and physical attraction to a new partner stimulate the release of hormones designed to keep us together for long enough to reproduce successfully! We are attracted to people who are like us or like our parents in some way (genetics and smell/pheromones both come into play here) and who have characteristics that make us believe they are likely to be a good partner in terms of producing children. Initial desire or lust is brought on by surges of sex hormones including estrogen and testosterone. These produce a relatively indiscriminate desire for physical gratification. When you fall in love, increases in secretion of PEA or b-Phenylethylamine, creates natural ‘high’ and helps mask any failings of your potential mate. This can last for the first two to four years of the relationship. Gradually over this period, the levels of PEA return to normal.
2006-11-03 23:33:21
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answered by bolounit1 2
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Well...it really depends on the chocolate. I hate the crap that you buy in Walgreens (Hersheys, Snickers, KitKat) - but mmmm.... I cannot get my hands off of Lindt chocolate, Ritter Sport, unfortunately, MOST American chocolate brands are cheap crap. So I turn to German or Brazilian chocolate for my fix. =)
2006-11-03 20:55:19
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answered by -:- Masha -:- 2
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I'd say it is close to it!!! That's a great way to describe the feeling! There's nothing richer,smoother, sweeter and more decadent that good chocolate. So bring your HONEY a box of GODIVA chocolates and see what HAPPENS!!!???!!!
2006-11-03 18:40:03
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answered by Bijous 3
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omg.. just learned this in class
when women or men fall in love a chemical called oxy....something is released. women have more of this chemical released when they fall in love or have sex that causes them to fall in love. chocolate has this same chemical.
my teacher made a joke to thid guy, she said never to give a women chocolate while having sex with her....otherwise the guy could never get away...
HER WORDS, NOT MNE
2006-11-03 20:36:57
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answered by Wyst 2
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Ahhhhh, I love chocolate.
Chocolate is women's comfort food, just like men's comfort food is steak :)
2006-11-03 18:43:15
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answered by Penelope L 2
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