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Title: how do you feel an hour after you have ingested cocoa powder?
Post by: Rami on July 01, 2012, 04:20:28 AM

I haven't realize it before it makes you sleepy

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Post by: mass243 on July 01, 2012, 04:48:36 AM

Like a kid  :-X

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Post by: Rami on July 01, 2012, 04:55:17 AM

yes, and I think coffee is for adult people. cocoa seems useless in terms of energy and staying awake.

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Post by: _bruce_ on July 01, 2012, 05:06:33 AM

Huge - 24 inch guns and all I want is grapefruit... it's like a bath salts on WeiderPrinciples.

Title: Re: how do you feel an hour after you have ingested cocoa powder?
Post by: wes on July 01, 2012, 06:35:11 AM

It makes me feel kinda` warm and fuzzy!
::)

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Post by: Tapeworm on July 01, 2012, 07:02:23 AM

Quote from: Psychopath on July 01, 2012, 06:12:25 AM

Chocolate, and coco in specific doesn't sit well with my stomach for some reason. Use to put a bit of it in my morning oatmeal for flavour, even a 1/4tsp would make my stomach feel funny.


In regards to getting sleepy, i think coco releases dopamine via phenylalanine (an amino acid that is pertinent to the production of dopamine).

Same as I've heard.  Also with the sugar almost always used to sweeten the cocoa, the insulin preferentially shunts BCAAs to muscle which leaves a higher ratio of tryptophan: BCAAs to enter the brain resulting in a serotonin increase which will make you sleepy.

As regards the dopamine thing, my extensive experience in neurology and psychiatry have led me to theorize that chocoholism is attributable to depression.  For the love of God, man, stop chasing the dragon and put down the Hershey's Bar.

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Post by: viking1 on July 01, 2012, 07:22:02 AM

 Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.