I agree 100 percent.  People are addicted to sugar and/or fructose, not 
to the cocoa itself.  The PEA in cocoa is insignificant at best and in 
any case, paleo man could do a lot better with other wild herbs and/or 
mushrooms.

Having read a lot of good stuff about cocoa I'm sticking with my daily 
1/2 oz of raw organic cocoa.  I used to take about 500 mg in capsule 
form for the past two years but have move to the raw organic stuff and a 
larger dosage.  I do sweeten it up with stevia and I expect that paleo 
man used to at least chew stevia leaves.

Steve

Marilyn Harris wrote:
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 11:51 AM
> 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....
>
>