This week Reactions delved into the science of chocolate and pitted dark vs. milk. Who will be the victor when it comes to science? Only the chemistry thunder dome will tell…

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Writer/Producer:
Kirk Zamieroski

Executive Producer:
Adam Dylewski

Scientific consultants:
David A. Stuart, Ph.D.
Darcy Gentleman, Ph.D.
Kyle Nackers

SOURCES:
Chemistry of Chocolate book – https://muhammadsubchi.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/beckett-the_science-of-chocolate.pdf

Aphrodisiac? – http://www.compoundchem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/The-Chemistry-of-Chocolate1-1024×724.png

Chocolate & Women’s Health – http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2006.00236.x/abstract

Phenylethylamine – http://asdn.net/asdn/chemistry/chemistry_of_love.php

PEA in Chocolate – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3904499/

PEA in chocolate 2 – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16506826

PEA Metabolizes – http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002822399003077

Dogs and chocolate vid -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X86co4E1NvE

Chocolate Melts – http://chocolate.mit.edu/science/

Flavor Chemistry of chocolate – http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1541-4337.12180/full

Flavor origins – http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-03/what-does-peruvian-criollo-chocolate-taste-infographic

Intake of Cacoa and Heart health – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21903881

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