Posted by Larry Hoover on May 13, 2005, at 16:17:00
In reply to Re: Pffft, a GUY?????, posted by alexandra_k on May 13, 2005, at 5:42:02
> I'm serious.
> Someone probably knows...
> Chocolate has something in it...
> It causes some chemical to be released in the brain...
> A chemical which seems to only be released when you are in love...
>
> mmm
> chocolate
> :-)PEA. Phenylethylamine. Formed from decarboxylation of the amino acid phenylalanine. Promoted by ingestion of DLPA (d-,l-phenylalanine).
There is probably a synergistic interplay with other compounds....just as tobacco is not all nicotine, St. John's wort is not all about hypericin, etc.
Lar
poster:Larry Hoover
thread:492110
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