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The Magical Thing Eating Chocolate Does to Your Brain lolol
The magical thing eating chocolate does to your brain
The magical thing eating chocolate does to your brain
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Elias, who admits that he expected to observe the opposite effect—that chocolate, given its sugar content, would be correlated with stunted rather than enhanced cognitive abilities.
TOTALLY @Such_Saturation genius is born...
superior "visual-spatial memory and [organization], working memory, scanning and tracking, abstract reasoning, and the mini-mental state examination."
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I was under the impression that serotonin produced in the gut can't cross the blood-brain barrier, that serotonin has to be produced directly in the brain to be accessed by the brain.Serotonin can be produced as long as the offending substance is in the intestines, so it can be produced and last for several days depending on clearance rates. I'm doubting other substances can compare to that length based on experience.
My own highly abstract personal opinion is that those "improvements" are based off of a form of serotonin.
The downsides of this form of serotonin would be: "visual-spatial memory and [organization], working memory, scanning and tracking, abstract reasoning"
As well as: irrational anger, lack of positive emotions, inability to relax.
All of the above can be very useful short-term, but they are becoming full-time descriptors for a vast amount of people.
I was under the impression that serotonin produced in the gut can't cross the blood-brain barrier, that serotonin has to be produced directly in the brain to be accessed by the brain.
Improved memory and thinking; how is that downsides?
Have you found any good ways to reduce serotonin?
Serotonin is not a bad thing. HIGH serotonin is.
Serotonin reduces the downstream conversion of tyrosine to adrenaline, which increases dopamine, and dopamine increases confidence, motivation and sex drive.
Interesting. From what I can tell, hydroxytryptophan isn't produced by bacteria, but tryptophan can be, which isn't something I was aware of.Serotonin itself doesn't pass the barrier, but it appears that hydroxytryptophan does.
A brief Google search shows chocolate has both effects:My own highly abstract personal opinion is that those "improvements" are based off of a form of serotonin.
The downsides of this form of serotonin would be: "visual-spatial memory and [organization], working memory, scanning and tracking, abstract reasoning"
As well as: irrational anger, lack of positive emotions, inability to relax.
All of the above can be very useful short-term, but they are becoming full-time descriptors for a vast amount of people.
That's interesting. Do you have anything to read on the topic please?
By the way, chocolate has a lot of resveratrol in it which is oestrogenic.