Re: chocolate and atypical depression

Posted by bulldog2 on May 16, 2008, at 15:41:40

In reply to Re: chocolate and atypical depression, posted by undopaminergic on May 15, 2008, at 22:22:06

> > 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.
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> 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.
A small dose of selegiline will boost the effects of dark chocolate.

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