Ukutya tshokoleji isinika ulonwabo oluninzi kwaye kungenxa yokuba itshokholethi ineemichiza ezinje phenylethylamine kunye ne-tryptophan, enesakhono soku ukuphucula ukuvusa isondo, ke ngenxa yoko inxulumene ngokuthe ngqo nemisebenzi yesondo, ithathwa ngokuba inamandla sifile okanye ukuvuselela isondo, kodwa kwendalo.
Ukusetyenziswa kwetshokholethi njengokuvuselela inkanuko yesini kwaziwa ukususela kumaxesha amandulo, umzekelo kuyaziwa ukuba yi-Emperor I-Moctezuma yama-Aztec, atya izixa ezikhulu kakhulu zeenkozo ze cocoa ukuphucula inkanuko yesini kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, eyimbali yokuqala enxulumene nokusetyenziswa kwecocoa kunye nemvuselelo yesini.
Ngo-2004, abaphandi abavela kwi esibhedlele eMilan, Italia wenze isifundo kunye nabafazi abangama-200 ukumisela ubudlelwane phakathi kokusetyenziswa kwetyhokolethi kunye nayo iimvakalelo zokwaneliseka ngokwesondo.
Iziphumo ezifunyenweyo zinomtsalane njengabafazi abatya iitshokholethi yonke imihla baxela amanqanaba aphezulu okwoneliseka ngokwesini kunye nabasetyhini abane-libido esezantsi bonyusa isondo emva kokutya itshokholethi.
Namhlanje izazinzulu zikholelwa ukuba itshokholethi inezinto ezithile ezizodwa ezinje aphrodisiac yendalo okanye ukukhuthaza ukuvuswa kwesondo, imeko ebangelwa tryptophan kunye ne-phenylethylalamine, ngokutsho NYTimes.
Iingcali ziyakuchaza oko zama Yikhompawundi esebenza ukwakha i serotonin (ikhemikhali kwingqondo ebandakanyekayo ekuvuseleleni ngokwesondo). Ngelixa que la UPhenylethylalamine sisikhuthazi esinxulumene neeamphetamines (ikhemikhali ekhutshwa kwingqondo xa umntu eseluthandweni, umzekelo).
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