The Hidden Chocolate Effect
Posted by fazzayafuzzu | Posted in Food | Posted on 12-11-2009
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Chocolate attracted many people because of taste and rich aroma. A delicious chocolate taste so great that it can give the impression like an addiction. This is a result of various important substances contained in chocolate powder (derived from cocoa solid). Ingredients include cocoa powder is a substance commonly known as phenyl-ethyl-amine (PEA).
This substance is capable of increasing the absorption of tryptophan by the brain, which in turn will increase the levels of 5-hydroxy-tryptamine in brain tissue. This last substance will immediately form