Why we like the taste of chocolate so much



The basic fact that chocolate tastes good and we enjoy eating it means that the body releases dopamine during chocolate consumption.
The experience of eating chocolate results in feel-good neurotransmitters (mainly dopamine) being released in particular brain regions (frontal lobe, hippocampus, and hypothalamus—definitions a bit later).

Dopamine is released when you experience anything that you enjoy—shopping, laughing, or watching your favorite Olympian claim the gold. This reward circuit is partially hard-wired by genetics, but it learns, changes and responds to your specific preferences based on your life experiences. This malleability of the brain is what makes each of us unique.


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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous18 February 2020 at 14:02

    Depends what chocolate. Cadbury, Hershey's and Mars comes with initial pleasure.

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  2. Anonymous18 February 2020 at 14:04

    love how I'm eating a Hershey's bar while READING THIS.

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  3. Anonymous18 February 2020 at 14:05

    "Because it blasts the brain"

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  4. Anonymous18 February 2020 at 14:08

    So much chocolate in that shot :

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  5. Anonymous18 February 2020 at 14:09

    That chocolate loooks sooooo gooood.

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