Why Eating Chocolate makes us Happy?

Philippines
October 24, 2012 1:53am CST
Whenever I eat chocolates, I feel very happy and in good mood. Besides, my stress suddenly disappears whenever I eat chocolates. :)
7 responses
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
24 Oct 12
Not all the time, what if you have toothache? Do you think you will felt happy Eating chocolate matters on the mood of the person who eat
• Philippines
25 Nov 12
well at this time i am reading your message. now I am not happy because i have toothache AND I am not able to eat chocolate. its not a pain reliever its only a stress reliever
• Philippines
25 Nov 12
I believed in you because i read in yahoo article eating chocolate especially dark chocolate helps relieve depression. so its help one part of our brain to produce substance to make us feel relax and happy.And I myself When I feel very sad i buy chocolates over the counter and after that bad feelings gone.i ALSO add banana for that
@GemmaR (8517)
24 Oct 12
One of the reasons that chocolates get rid of stress is because they give you a high and this means that you stop thinking about whatever it is that has stressed you out. However, because of the sugar in it, this means that the high would only be very short lived and it would be most likely to be even worse a couple of hours later. This is why a lot of people are overweight because they find that they need a larger amount of chocolate to get the same effect that they might want when they are feeling stressed about something.
• Indonesia
24 Oct 12
It is because chocolates release endorphin; a natural painkiller, a substance in the brain that attaches to the same cell receptors that morphine does.
@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
24 Oct 12
I think ,I heard it somewhere.. but i was not paying so much attention to it.. that there is something in chocolates that triggers something in our body, making us feel that way.. That's why a lot of people eat it when they are heartbroken.. i don't feel it though, but once i start eating chocolate it is hard to stop eating it.
@fatlex06 (895)
• Philippines
24 Oct 12
Right. Actually, I giggle everytime I eat chocolates. It feel . It's just feel great everytime I eat one. I hope I can eat one of them this coming weekend. But I almost forgot, I'm on a diet.
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
24 Oct 12
I think it's because you like chocolates , and they are delicious. Whenever I have food or snacks which I like , I feel happy, too.