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Why do people get pleasure from eating chocolate?

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Dr. Elena Klimenko answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Dopamin: Chocolate stimulates our brain to releases the same "reward" neurotransmitter in the brain as cocain, heroin, tobacco and alcohol. Dopamin! that is why we feel soooo good after that. :).

Answered 8/18/2013

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