Dudley and Chocolate

[rayheuer3 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 67440

Martin says:

> Since us Muggles eat chocolate all the time and it has no medicinal 
> effect (other than obvious short-term craving satisfaction 
value ;) ) 


Well, that's not exactly true.  In addition to sugar and caffeine, tow of the 
most addictive substances legally obtainable, chocolate contains 
phenylethylamine, a euphoric substance that frequently triggers the same physiological 
effects that one experiences when being "in love".  This is why chocolate has 
been connected with romance almost since it was introduced to Europe.

The euphoric effects of chocolate are a perfect treatment for the deep 
depression of a Dementor attack, and well within the "folk medicine" traditions on 
which JKR based the WW and its potions lore.

  --  Ray

GILES: Now add the toadstone.
CORDELIA [taking a sniff}: It doesn't look like a toad.
GILES:  No reason it should.  It's from inside the toad.
CORDELIA:  I hate you.
  --  "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"


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