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hey I’m back again I had another

question related to craving chocolate

during the period okay I want to discuss

that first of all chocolate has a

certain chemical called PE it’s a

natural chemical phenol ethyl amine okay

so you don’t need to know that but it

just has a chemical that improves the

dopamine production okay so it goes to

the dopamine receptors and pathways and

it improves dopamine so that’s what it

does dopamine is a feel-good

neurotransmitter in this natural

chemical PA in chocolate increases

energy mood focus decreases stress and

decreases depression so you have this

double effect of this chemical doing it

directly and then also the increase the

dopamine also doing it directly so

people consume chocolate when they’re

stressed out right well this is what

they’re getting now it doesn’t have as

much caffeine if any it has another

stimulant so you don’t want to consume

the right before bed you don’t want to

take too much just take a little bit

maybe in the morning or afternoon and

then also make sure it’s sugar-free

because the problem with chocolate is

all the sugar in it okay some of the

sugar alcohols in there could create

some bloating so find something it

doesn’t create the bloating now as far

as your period goes so there’s a link to

low estrogen and the dopamine neuron

disappearing by 30% I’ll put a link down

below so there’s definitely relationship

between estrogen and dopamine

if estrogen is low dopamine will be low

and that’s probably why there’s a lot of

moodiness and depression not just during

your period but right after pregnancy

okay so the other thing that can cause

low estrogen would be having a

hysterectomy where they actually take

out the ovaries as well okay or adrenal

fatigue or menopausal changes because

during menopause the adrenal gland backs

up the ovary because the ovaries are

going in retirement the Drina glands

have to work harder because they make

estrogen too and you can end up with low

estrogen thus the craving and chocolate

you feel better when you take it okay

let’s hope that it cleared up the

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