Pleasure Is Achieved With Chocolate, But Only At The Right Moments!

Chocolate contains ingredients that affect the activity of the brain so that they create a feeling of pleasure. For centuries, cocoa has been served as a gift to women in Malaysia, Ghana and Guatemala to increase libido. Not coincidentally, chocolate is also perceived by us as an aphrodisiac, a notion whose roots come from the Aztecs. The very name of chocolate - "bitter water" is a legacy of their language, and the drink was consumed by the Indians specifically for higher sexual endurance.
 

It is no coincidence that chocolate is considered a stimulant for novice athletes. Chocolate is believed to evoke the same euphoric sensations that occur when running fast. The substances that affect the central nervous system are1,3,7-trimethylxanthine- in fact, it is caffeine that energizes and invigorates. Trimethylxanthine affects thedopamineandadenosinereceptorsin the brain, in response to which pleasure-producing substances are produced in the brain, and it is already known that a person achieves his best when he is in love.
 

Did you know that the active ingredient in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol-9, is found in chocolate?
Cannabinoids are fatty acids that activate CB1 and CB2 receptors . They are located mostly in the frontal cortex and areas in the brain responsible for memory and motility. When cannabinoids activate these receptors, we feel our body "cleansed" and rested.
 

Chocolate hasantidepressant-likeand nerve-stimulating drugs. Phenylethylaminehas been perceived by humans as the "substance of love." It is released in the brain when we are in love. It has the same effect as amphetamines, which is why it is classified as a hallucinogen. Participates in the process of synthesizing the substances of pleasure and love - dopamine andserotonin. In large quantities it has the same effect as ecstasy.

 

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A product that saturates the blood with so many endorphins and hormones associated with pleasure, there is no way it is not preferred and placed on a pedestal by people. But why, since it contains substances found in ecstasy, morphine and marijuana , is it not banned ?! The point is that these ingredients are in limited quantities in chocolate, so it cannot be perceived as a narcotic, its intake can be limited, it is perceived as medically harmful or as a product belonging to the pharmaceutical industry. Even consuming whole chocolate can't "get us off track", it can only make us "drunk", so it is the "drug" we can afford ...

 
Unfortunately, however, as with the daily use of cigarettes, coffee, energy drinks, alcohol, our body gets used to the effect of chocolate. What does chocolate actually do to our brains?
The substances in chocolate work in two ways in the brain: they bind to the receptor, which results in the synthesis of pleasure neurotransmitters such as dopamine, or prevent the reuptake of neurotransmitters. In this way, the concentration of pleasure substances in the blood remains high. However, this can only be achieved with high consumption of chocolate. However, when the higher concentration is constantly offered, the receptors in the brain become resistant to the substances in question, no binding between them is achieved and ultimately the "chemistry of pleasure" is achieved. It is in the nature of the body to balance the processes of metabolism, so it is certain that it will find a way to suppress the activity of receptors, as a result of which to normalize the levels of synthesis of "pleasure hormones".

The effect is to our detriment, we lose our sensitivity to chocolate, we get used to the euphoria, we lose pleasure ... So it really makes no sense to overdo it and accustom the body unnecessarily to its high consumption. It is important to use it from time to time, at the right moments ...