I don't see how anyone can be possibly addicted to raw cacao - it's quite
bitter. Chocolate, yes but cacao no. I add cacoa to my coffee to try and get
a wider array of nutrients and I do not notice any effects whatsoever.
Marilyn
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Subject: Re: Chocolate
>> What is psychotropic about organic raw cacao?
>
> "One of the best effects of eating chocolate is the 'good feeling' or
> moderate high that many people experience after consuming it. Researchers
> have developed different hypotheses of how chocolate affects the central
> nervous system to cause the high that people report. These hypotheses have
> focused separately on cannabinoid systems and opioid systems, although
> these two systems may be tied together to form a unitary mechanism of
> chocolate effects and to form a basis for chocolate craving....