2008 Woodie Awards
Wanna get high?
Chocolate, pot, running create same happy feeling
Julie Bourque/ campus reporter
Issue date: 4/9/04 Section: Sports
Piomelli said he found anandamide chemicals in chocolate, and other researchers believe this is why many people have chocolate cravings.
According to an article published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, chocolate contains several biologically active constituents such as methylxanthines, biogenic amines and cannabinoid-like fatty acids, all of which potentially cause abnormal behaviors and psychological sensations that parallel sother addictive substances.
Piomelli and his colleagues connected anandamide with THC because both attach to specific areas in the brain and produce the same happy, energetic buzz.
"We are talking about something much, much, much, much milder than a high," Piomelli said of the post workout feeling in connection to the drug-induced high.
Nonetheless, the chemical has a connection with three very opposite things: chocolate, something many munch on daily, exercise, something many do to better their health and THC, the active chemical in an illegal drug.
Needless to say, the physical effects of each have their own place in life.
According to an article published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, chocolate contains several biologically active constituents such as methylxanthines, biogenic amines and cannabinoid-like fatty acids, all of which potentially cause abnormal behaviors and psychological sensations that parallel sother addictive substances.
Piomelli and his colleagues connected anandamide with THC because both attach to specific areas in the brain and produce the same happy, energetic buzz.
"We are talking about something much, much, much, much milder than a high," Piomelli said of the post workout feeling in connection to the drug-induced high.
Nonetheless, the chemical has a connection with three very opposite things: chocolate, something many munch on daily, exercise, something many do to better their health and THC, the active chemical in an illegal drug.
Needless to say, the physical effects of each have their own place in life.
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