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by hereme888 944 days ago
I'm curious what is it about chocolate that helps the anxiety. I only know it to be a stimulant, or its extracts to increase brain bloodflow).
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I'm curious too. I know cocoa contains a lot of Theobromine which is very similar to caffeine (caffeine is Methyl-theobromine) although it does behave a little different. Cocoa also has a little caffeine as well.

I would think these two would make anxiety worse?

GABA and L-theanine make a lot of sense as these will directly impact the glutamatergic system and are well known to improve anxiety (and are also synergistic with stimulants especially caffeine).