Chocolate
Yesterday, late in the day, one of my co-workers offered me chocolate since she saw what a bad day I was having. And not just any chocolate - Ghirardelli squares - yum! It made things much better.
So today, when it was someone else's turn to have a meltdown, as we in the midst of planning our escape from the world of landscaping and into the world of playing music in the subway, I remembered the cure for meltdowns - chocolate! The remainder of the Ghirardelli squares were procured and distributed. Now all is back to normal.
As a future therapist, I'm making a permanent note of the therapeutic effects of chocolate.
posted by Shoshana @ 12:04 PM
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http://www.chocolate.org/
The main point: chocolate is a psycho-active food.
Chocolate is full of phenylethylamine — a chemical cousin of amphetamine. So there’s a definite chemical (upper) response involved.
Chocolate also contains Anandamide, a compound that binds to the same receptors in the brain as marijuana. Hence the slight feeling of elation.
Brain scans have also indicated that, for women, eating chocolate triggers activity in some of the same areas of the brain that are triggered during sexual orgasm.
*cough*
So... umm... yay for chocolate.
LT -
Interesting. It's also interesting that my male co-worker was the one asking for extras :)
Chocolate cures all!
Sounds like something out of Harry Potter. =]
The Amazing Savings here is carrying a seasonal Ghirardelli peppermint bark chocolate bar - milk chocolate topped with white chocolate flecked with little peppermint pieces. It is sooooo good.
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