Cocoa Content and Seratonin (was: Dumbledore's Decision)

[dembeldei]

No: HPFGUIDX 41308

Tim said,
> And perhaps the dementors did try to attack Harry in Privet drive.
> PS c 3 p 28:
>
> "Mrs Figg wasn't as bad as usual... She let Harry watch television 
and gave him a bit of
> chocolate cake"
>...
>Perhaps the cat explanation is a ruse and Arabella
> broke her leg tackling a dementor. She may be fearful that it got
> close enough to Harry to sap his energy - hence the chocolate cake.

Today I saw a brand of chocolate for sale with cocoa content (from 
33% to 100% depending on flavor) that contains well over the required 
percentage (? 10, 15, 20%?).  I always assumed that JKR cited 
chocolate since it increases seratonin output or such, perhaps 
explaining why depressed woman crave chocolate in clinical studies) 
If Mrs. Figg's cake was indeed dementor related, than it is the cocoa 
itself and not the specific 'chocolate bar' that is the remedy.  
(Poor kids who might have a generic candy bar with 10% cocoa 
content!  Perhaps Harry would be able to handle the dementors if he 
carried some Cocolove 100% at all times.)

Dembeldei