chocolate and periods

[stylinsam]

why is it every time i come on (period) i crave for chocolate??//

[katcaf1985]

its because when you have a period the amount of serotonin in your brain produced decreases and chocolate contains natural serotonin. Serotonin is what makes up feel happy, a lack of it causes us to feel weepy when we are on, its what leads to dpression.

[nat_84]

Im the same - it's really strange.

Because when its not the time of the month - im not really a big chocolate fan.

Sorry that wasnt exactly an answer!!

[stylinsam]

thanks katcaf im the same nat cos i dont like choc when im not on but i love it when i am!

[wickedgirl2]

me too Sam , i am not a huge fan of chocolate but when its that time of the month , i love it ! especially the cadbury creme egg bars , mmmmm

[wolf63]

I'm 42 and dreading the menopause time, then I will have to stop taking 'medicinal chocolate' before my period.

[joko]

i crave choccy when i come on too

...and when i come off...and in the middle of my cycle...and quarter way through... and 3/4 way through...er...

[~posy-jo~]

i'm on at the mo and have been fighting the urge to eat chocolate but all this talk is making me crave it all the more!! now wheres that left over easter egg...

[spudqueen]

I love choccie all the time, but for a day or two before I'm due on I crave cakes, even those sickly french fancies. Funny how our bodies work!

[girlygirl]

mmmmmm chocolate!

[Sphinx_Svens]

You're a woman right ... so isn't chocolate a genetic need?

[lia*]

stylinsam that happens to me also. and the funny thing is i would have all the symptoms for my period but it wouldn't come unless i satisfy that craving.

[angeldraws]

i read somewhere its somethjing to do wiv magnesium - gives the same feeling as being in love.... was a while ago tho