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Posted by llurpsienoodle on May 8, 2008, at 9:27:18
: J Nerv Ment Dis. 1987 Aug;175(8):491-5.Links
Sweets, chocolate, and atypical depressive traits.
Schuman M, Gitlin MJ, Fairbanks L.An original questionnaire, the Foods and Moods Inventory (FMI) was used to investigate appetite for sweets and chocolate and its relationship to dysphoric mood. The FMI was administered to a group of subjects with an identified interest in chocolate (chocolate group, N = 73), a comparison sample (comparison group, N = 172), and a sample of former alcoholics (N = 22). Those who reported "self-medicating" with sweets or chocolate were more likely to have personality traits associated with hysteroid dysphoria, an atypical depressive syndrome. In addition, the tendency to eat compulsively, in general, and appetite for sweets and chocolate, in particular, were significantly greater among women.
Posted by sunnydays on May 8, 2008, at 10:11:25
In reply to chocolate and atypical depression, posted by llurpsienoodle on May 8, 2008, at 9:27:18
That's interesting and kind of funny. And someone probably got some funding to study that too...
sunnydays
Posted by Phillipa on May 8, 2008, at 10:44:05
In reply to Re: chocolate and atypical depression » llurpsienoodle, posted by sunnydays on May 8, 2008, at 10:11:25
Doesn't it increase endorphins? Phillipa
Posted by bulldog2 on May 8, 2008, at 13:04:50
In reply to Re: chocolate and atypical depression » sunnydays, posted by Phillipa on May 8, 2008, at 10:44:05
> Doesn't it increase endorphins? Phillipa
Another excuse to eat those truffles!
Posted by Phillipa on May 8, 2008, at 23:18:53
In reply to Re: chocolate and atypical depression, posted by bulldog2 on May 8, 2008, at 13:04:50
Cut down from 12 to four and weighed myself at pdocs today down from before surgery was l52 unbelieveable now 135 and down to four truffles three todnight. Goal is life long one of 128 got a bikini with a kiss on the *ss. Want a pic when I reach my goal? love Phillipa
Posted by Amigan on May 12, 2008, at 22:22:51
In reply to Re: chocolate and atypical depression, posted by bulldog2 on May 8, 2008, at 13:04:50
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.
Posted by undopaminergic on May 15, 2008, at 22:22:06
In reply to Re: chocolate and atypical depression, posted by Amigan on May 12, 2008, at 22:22:51
> 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.
>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.
Posted by Phillipa on May 15, 2008, at 22:58:34
In reply to Re: chocolate and atypical depression, posted by undopaminergic on May 15, 2008, at 22:22:06
Is that why I love lindtt dark choclate truffles? So it's good for depression? Thanks Phillipa
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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