Why Women Crave Chocolate During Their Menstrual Cycle? – Dr. Berg on Period Cravings

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hey I’m back again I had another question related to craving chocolate during the period okay I want to discuss that first of all chocolate has a certain chemical called PE it’s a natural chemical phenol ethyl amine okay so you don’t need to know that but it just has a chemical that improves the dopamine production okay so it goes to the dopamine receptors and pathways and it improves dopamine so that’s what it does dopamine is a feel-good neurotransmitter in this natural chemical PA in chocolate increases energy mood focus decreases stress and decreases depression so you have this double effect of this chemical doing it directly and then also the increase the dopamine also doing it directly so people consume chocolate when they’re stressed out right well this is what they’re getting now it doesn’t have as much caffeine if any it has another stimulant so you don’t want to consume the right before bed you don’t want to take too much just take a little bit maybe in the morning or afternoon and then also make sure it’s sugar-free because the problem with chocolate is all the sugar in it okay some of the sugar alcohols in there could create some bloating so find something it doesn’t create the bloating now as far as your period goes so there’s a link to low estrogen and the dopamine neuron disappearing by 30% I’ll put a link down below so there’s definitely relationship between estrogen and dopamine if estrogen is low dopamine will be low and that’s probably why there’s a lot of moodiness and depression not just during your period but right after pregnancy okay so the other thing that can cause low estrogen would be having a hysterectomy where they actually take out the ovaries as well okay or adrenal fatigue or menopausal changes because during menopause the adrenal gland backs up the ovary because the ovaries are going in retirement the Drina glands have to work harder because they make estrogen too and you can end up with low estrogen thus the craving and chocolate you feel better when you take it okay let’s hope that it cleared up the confusion and thank you so much for watching hey if you haven’t already subscribed press this little button down below okay thanks