Posted by undopaminergic on May 15, 2008, at 22:22:06
In reply to Re: chocolate and atypical depression, posted by Amigan on May 12, 2008, at 22:22:51
> I believe that the effects of chocolate on mood is a kind of aromatotherapy/alternative medicine kind of thing rather than the action of one of its substances in the CNS.
>That's certainly true in the case of light (or white) chocolate. However, dark chocolate and cocoa contain appreciable amounts of theobromine (closely related to caffeine) and phenylethylamine (PEA), and although the PEA is unlikely to be of significance in the absence of MAOIs, theobromine may certainly produce a positive response in some people.
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