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	Chocolate, A Medicine? Part 1 by Lena Sanchez
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Chocolate, A Medicine?
Part 1
by Lena Sanchez

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What I call the chocolate season is here! The gift that appears on desks all over and is chosen as the "simple yet yummy gift" flies off the store shelves this time of the year. Is that a good gift or a bad gift? Depends on what kind of chocolate!

When people think of chocolate, they usually think of the sweet shop and high calorie chocolate bars. It may come as a surprise that chocolate was originally used as a medicine and is still being used as a medicine today in some areas of the world.

It is good for us? It's only been in the 19th century that chocolate's status changed from medicine to magnificent confection. The Latin name for chocolate "Theombroma cacao" translates to "food of the Gods". The cacoa bean itself - that chocolate comes from - has some great properties to lift the mood, fight fatigue, bolster libido, and ... even aid in weight loss. A recipe for you own chocolate weight loss healing tonic below.

Native to Central and Latin America, the fruits of the chocolate tree have been used by indigenous people to treat depression, fatigue, weight gain, and poor sex drive for thousands of years. Indeed, when the Europeans first arrived in the Americas looking a little worse for the wear, they were presented with a tonic beverage made out of cocoa beans.

Is using chocolate as a medicine a strange idea? Maybe not. When do people eat chocolate? When they are depressed, frustrated, angry, and irritated. Does it work? If it did not, people in the world would not consume millions of pounds of chocolate each year! Chocolate works. But what does the scientific community have to say about chocolate. Is there anything to it? Let's look at its different potential uses, one at a time.

Sex

Chocolate has long been used as an aphrodisiac in Latin America. What does a suitor bring a date? A box of chocolates. What does a husband bring a wife when he has been behaving badly? A box of chocolates. Chocolate and love go hand in hand.

Is there anything to this? To begin with, chocolate contains valeric acid, a sedative and tranquilizer. Indeed, it is termed an "anti-hysteric". It also contains the neurotransmitter dopamine, which acts as a relaxant. Chocolate relaxes and love tends to flourish in a relaxed setting.

Moreover, chocolate contains phytosterols that may, in some way, mimic human sex hormones. Research into the hormone side of chocolate is in its infancy, but women will tell you they crave chocolate at certain times of the month. This may be because it provides them with something they need. Some researchers feel chocolate's activity may go beyond hormonal and approach the pheromonal level. Pheromones are the compounds our bodies produce which make us attractive to other members of the species.

Exhaustion

People that are tired all of the time often reach for a chocolate bar, seemingly with good reason. Chocolate has been shown to act as a gentle stimulant. Firstly, it contains the stimulant theobromine, a substance related to caffeine.

Research has shown that like caffeine, theobromine stimulates nerve function but it does not have the negative side effects associated with caffeine. Could theobromine make a person jittery? Probably not. Chocolate also contains the relaxant valeric acid and the anti-anxiety compound glutamic acid which counter balances the stimulant effect of theobromine!

Lena Sanchez a happy retired Medical Office Nurse / Administrator / Consultant who took charge of her life 12 years ago found pain relief and committed to helping others do the same? Editor of "A Natural Environmental Health Facts & Your Home Business Coach" Ezines

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