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Jan 20, 2009

How do chocolates elevate the mood of a person?

Chocolate contains small quantities of anandamide, an endogenous cannabinoid found in the brain. Sceptics claim one would need to consume several pounds of chocolate to gain any very noticeable psychoactive effect. And eat a lot more to get fully stoned! It's worth noting that N-oleolethanolamine and N-linoleoylethanolamine, two structural cousins of anandamide present in chocolate, both inhibit the metabolism of anandamide.

It has been speculated that they promote and prolong the mood of a person induced by anandamide.

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