Stimulants Anxious after eating dark chocolate

[whiteHot]

Hi all,

I've observed something really strange lately: I've picked up a few bars of premium dark chocolate. It contains 80% cocoa and the only listed ingredients are cocoa butter, fat reduced cocoa powder and cane suger. I usually eat about 30g in one setting and most of time it is fine, but sometimes I get anxious maybe 30 minutes to an hour after consumption. I'm 100% sure that it is caused by the chocolate, but I don't understand why. I drink coffee (about two espressi a day), so I'm not very sensitive to caffeine. I did some reading and it seems that the stimulating part of dark chocolate is actually theobromine. However, I see no mention of anxiety anywhere. Does anyone have an idea what's going on? The effect is strong enough that I will never order that chocolate again.

Thanks!

 

[Snafu in the Void]

I have a similar reaction to chocolate, especially high cocoa %. It gives me a stomach ache, headache and some anxiety.

For this reason, I avoid it.

It's probably our unique body chemistry. Most of my family loves dark chocolate, but I hate it. Always makes me feel like crap.

It should be noted that there are other things found in chocolate such as myosmine and even nicotine.

 

[Endopharm]

Chocoamine and phenylalanine are the main culprits here.

Fun fact, real chocolate is about the strongest drug you can buy in the food section of any store.

 

[Endopharm]

*phenyethylalamine