Depression and StressDepression and StressEat chocolate makes you happy?

What makes you feel depressed? midterm exam a lot of report sports injuries

When you feel depress, what will you do?

Exercise Sleep Take a bath Sing Talk to someone you trust Write down in your diary Watch a movie

Do you think that eat chocolate will make you happy when you are depressed?

Reseachers examined links between chocolate craving in people who are depressed and both personality style and atypical depressive symptoms, with a questionnaire completed by nearly 3000 individuals reporting clinical depression.

According to the research,when depressed,1465(54.4%) reported food cravings, with 1210(44.9%) specifically being chocolate cravers(50.7% of the women and 30.9% of the men)

My questionnaireM105 StudentsBoys 73 % Yes 55 75.3% No 18 14.7%Girls 31Yes 27 87.1%No 4 12.9%

Why is chocolate so magical? Chocolate have some important

contents that make people pleasant

TryptophanTryptophanThe tryptophan in chocolate acts

as a precurssor for seretonin formation. Seretonin is a protein that can stabilize one's mood. In general, female individulas have lower levels of seretonin in their bodies, which explains about the frequent expression of negative mood of women. For such a reason, the consumption of chocolate can be a way to upturn one's mood.

CaffeineCaffeine Caffeine contained in chocolate

has been proven to have an effect on making one excited and can act as an anti-depressant.

VocabularyVocabularyTryptophan n. 色胺酸 An amino

acid that is a constituent of most proteins. It is an essential nutrient in the diet of vertebrates

Seretonin n. 血清素   is a monoamine neurotransmitter that is primarily found in the gastrointestinal tract and central nervous system of humans and animals.

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