Let's take a look at the ingredients in dark chocolate: the main raw material of pure dark chocolate is cocoa powder, which contains more than 800 ingredients, which is very complicated, but you only need to know that the substances that can make you feel happy are phenylethylamine, tryptophan and theobromine.

1. phenylethylamine

I believe everyone has eaten chocolate in life, and after eating chocolate, people usually feel very happy, especially dark chocolate. Why? The mainstream view in the past was that there was a substance in chocolate called phenylethylamine. Phenylethylamine is a neuromodulator, which is considered to have a certain effect on regulating mood. It is also a natural antidepressant, which can promote the secretion of dopamine in our body, thus making us feel happy.

A more vivid metaphor is that when you fall in love, our brain will produce a lot of phenylethylamine.

Later, some studies showed that oral administration of phenylethylamine in chocolate could not effectively promote the concentration of dopamine, and it was metabolized quickly, so some people thought that it was the process of eating delicious food that made them feel happy. Of course, some people do feel happy after eating dark chocolate.

2. tryptophan

Let's start with tryptophan contained in dark chocolate. Although it is rare, it is helpful to the production of serotonin. It is also an important substance that regulates nerve activity and can make you feel happy.

3. Theobromine

Finally, talk about theobromine contained in dark chocolate. It can increase our heart rate, similar to caffeine. It belongs to an alkaloid, which can awaken our mental state.

But these substances exist in a small amount in dark chocolate, which may be effective but the effect is not so detailed. They may be almost completely digested before reaching the brain. Maybe the experience of really eating chocolate and satisfying food cravings makes you happy. Whatever the reason, it is because of the substance contained in chocolate itself, or the process of eating chocolate makes you feel happy, or chocolate itself makes you feel happy, and the purpose of happiness is achieved, then this kind of chocolate is effective for you.

Finally, the dark chocolate that many people eat may not be really black and white. Chocolate is black and white. Most of the chocolates we eat are replaced by cocoa butter, plus a lot of sugar and milk powder. These "sweet" substances will also make us feel happy to some extent, but happiness is happiness, but these chocolate substitutes of cocoa butter contain too much sugar and should not be eaten. Why use them instead of cocoa butter? Because the production cost of cocoa butter is high.

If possible, I suggest you try dark chocolate. It is bitter, but the real effect may be much better. It is best to choose dark chocolate with the concentration of 100% or 80- 100. Too low a concentration is about eating sugar.

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