Cravings for chocolate reflect something more than a desire for comfort—namely an addiction triggered by a brain chemical, according to newly-published research.
The result is irresistibility to chocolate that is comparable to a drug addiction. Surges of a natural, opium-like chemical produced by the dorsal neostriatum—a brain region primarily linked to movement—contributes to generating intense consumption sweet treats and other “palatable” food, according to a study in rats by four University of Michigan, Ann Arbor investigators published in the journal Current Biology.
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