Chocolate addiction - Wikipedia

Dark chocolate. Chocolate addiction is a compulsive desire to eat chocolate despite negative consequences.. There is medical evidence to support the existence of addiction to chocolate. [1] Psychoactive constituents of chocolate that trigger a 'feel-good' reaction for the consumer include tryptophan and phenylethylamine, which may contribute to cravings and addiction-like responses ...

Chocolate - Wikipedia

Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa beans that can be a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring in other foods. The cacao tree has been used as a source of food for at least 5,300 years, starting with the Mayo-Chinchipe culture in what is present-day Ecuador.Later, Mesoamerican civilizations consumed cacao beverages, of which one, chocolate, was ...

Psychoactive food : chocolate

CHOCOLATE.WIKI Chocolate is a psychoactive food. It is made from the seeds of the tropical cacao tree, Theobroma cacao. The cacao tree was named by the 17th century Swedish naturalist, Linnaeus. ... (1725-1798) took chocolate before bedding his conquests on account of chocolate's reputation as a subtle aphrodisiac. More recently, a study of ...