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Dr Shock MD PhD

About chocolate craving:

• Research suggests that up to 97% of women and 68% of men experience food cravings. Chocolate is the most common one of the craved foods, typically high calorie.
• A number of situations have been shown to experimentally increase cravings of chocolate consumption. For example,chocolate abstinence, stress and exposure to chocolate cues increase urges to eat chocolate.
• A 15 min bout of brisk walking, equivalent to ‘fairly light’ intensity exercise, reduces chocolate cravings, with moderate effect sizes, during and for at least 10 min following exercise cessation.
• Higher intensity or longer bouts of physical activity may lead to compensatory dietary behavior and/or chocolate cravings.
• Cravings are generally more prevalent in women than men and decrease somewhat with age, with 100% of young women and 70% of young men craving any food or drink, compared to 66% of older women and 62% of older men.
• In American women, about half of cravings for chocolate occur perimenstrually with a marked increase in craving beginning a few days before and extending into the first few days of menses.
• Chocolate craving is not uniquely associated with the menstrual cycle, compared to a range of other sweet and savory foods.
• There is no significant link between levels of estradiol and the number, frequency, or types of cravings.
• Exogenous administration of progesterone does not significantly reduce perimenstrual cravings.
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