Mmmmm . . . chocolate and mood

So many people love eating chocolate, and believe it is a mood-influencing food giving pleasure plus a lift in mood – a happyfood! Now research suggests that many depressed people really do eat more chocolate. These findings came from both men and women who scored high on a psychometric depression scale but who were not […]

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A valentine’s kiss

Psychologists leave no stone unturned, and have researched what kissing is all about. Surprise surprise one  study has found than levels of the stress hormone cortisol are reduced while the friendliness hormone oxytocin is enhanced. Perhaps, more interestingly, a different  study found that the stimulation sparked off by kissing was not as good as the buzz from […]

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