Comer chocolate kusinika injabulo enkulu futhi kungenxa yokuthi ushokoledi unezakhi zamakhemikhali ezifana i-phenylethylamine ne-tryptophan, enekhono loku thuthukisa ukuvuswa kocansi, ngakho-ke ihlobene ngqo nemisebenzi yezocansi, ithathwa njengeyinamandla aphrodisiac noma okuvuselela ezocansi, kepha okwemvelo.
Ukusetshenziswa kashokolethi njengesikhuthazi sezocansi kuvuswa kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo, ngokwesibonelo kuyaziwa ukuthi i-Emperor I-Moctezuma yama-Aztec, kudliwe inani eliningi kakhulu lezinhlamvu ze- cocoa ukuthuthukisa isifiso sobulili nonkosikazi wakhe, okuyirekhodi lokuqala lomlando elihlobene nokusetshenziswa kokhokho ngokuvuswa kocansi.
Ngo-2004, abacwaningi abavela ku esibhedlela eMilan, Italia wenze ucwaningo nabesifazane abangama-200 ukuthola ubudlelwano obuphakathi kokusetshenziswa kashokoledi kanye nakho imizwa yokwaneliseka ngokocansi.
Imiphumela etholakele iyamangalisa njengoba abesifazane abadla ushokoledi nsuku zonke babika amazinga aphezulu okwaneliseka ngokocansi kanti abesifazane abane-libido ephansi bakhuphule ukuvuswa kocansi ngemuva kokudla ushokoledi.
Namuhla ososayensi bakholelwa ukuthi ushokoledi unezici ezithile ezihlukile njenge i-aphrodisiac yemvelo noma ukukhulisa ukuvusa inkanuko, isimo esishiwo tryptophan ne-phenylethylalaminengokusho NYTimes.
Ochwepheshe bachaza lokho tryptophan iyinhlanganisela esebenza ukwakha ifayili le- serotonin (ikhemikhali ebuchosheni elibandakanyeka ekuvusweni ngocansi). Ngenkathi lokho la i-phenylethylalamine iyisikhuthazi esihlobene nama-amphetamine (ikhemikhali ekhishwa ebuchosheni lapho othile esothandweni, isibonelo).
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