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"Our love of chocolate knows no bounds.
We think about it, dream about it, and probably - just sometimes - eat a bit too much of it. Some people even go so far as to claim to be addicted to it.
But what drives our cravings for chocolate?
Some believe it contains mind-bending ingredients that can enhance our moods.
One bite, they maintain, and chocolate's psychoactive compounds cause warm and fuzzy feelings to wash over us, making us want more and more.
But Peter Rogers, professor of biological psychology from Bristol University who is speaking at the BA Festival of Science in York, has carried out research that suggests this is not the case";
Full story;
http
/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6991289.stm
I do like chocolate although i don't really eat it much now days, sometimes i go for a whole week or 2 without it, i used to eat it everyday or every other day in the past at certain points in my life, but i've cut down on it a lot over the last couple of years (wanted to keep lower and more stable body weight, plus just generally dreaded going to the dentist to have fillings done etc).
It wasn't difficult getting out of the eating chocolate all the time habit, as for me it was just that, a habit. I've never been fat in my life, although i do take a lot more care in my diet in general now days, as i used to live off all sorts of crappy food all the time when i was younger.
I don't tend to buy it as a present much for other people, although it can be a handy gift when you have no idea what else to give to someone, as almost everybody likes chocolate
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Do you have a love/hate relationship with chocolate? Do you eat too much of it, or hardly ever eat it all at or even never? What does chocolate mean to you ?
We think about it, dream about it, and probably - just sometimes - eat a bit too much of it. Some people even go so far as to claim to be addicted to it.
But what drives our cravings for chocolate?
Some believe it contains mind-bending ingredients that can enhance our moods.
One bite, they maintain, and chocolate's psychoactive compounds cause warm and fuzzy feelings to wash over us, making us want more and more.
But Peter Rogers, professor of biological psychology from Bristol University who is speaking at the BA Festival of Science in York, has carried out research that suggests this is not the case";
Full story;
http
/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6991289.stmI do like chocolate although i don't really eat it much now days, sometimes i go for a whole week or 2 without it, i used to eat it everyday or every other day in the past at certain points in my life, but i've cut down on it a lot over the last couple of years (wanted to keep lower and more stable body weight, plus just generally dreaded going to the dentist to have fillings done etc).
It wasn't difficult getting out of the eating chocolate all the time habit, as for me it was just that, a habit. I've never been fat in my life, although i do take a lot more care in my diet in general now days, as i used to live off all sorts of crappy food all the time when i was younger.
I don't tend to buy it as a present much for other people, although it can be a handy gift when you have no idea what else to give to someone, as almost everybody likes chocolate
.Do you have a love/hate relationship with chocolate? Do you eat too much of it, or hardly ever eat it all at or even never? What does chocolate mean to you
?
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