Cocoa

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Cacao comes from the cocoa (Theobroma cacao) bean.

Constituents

  • Phenylethylamine[1]
  • Serotonin[1]
  • Tetrahydro-beta-carbolines[2]
  • Tryptamine[1]
  • Tryptophan[1]
  • Tyramine[1]
  • Tyrosine[1]

Dangerous interactions

Avoid with MAOIs.

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3575938/
  2. Naked Chocolate: The Astonishing Truth About the World's Greatest Food, page 64