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Yes, it was Scharffen Berger 82% that tasted so bad to me.
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I ate about 50mg of dark chocolate (78%) yesterday and it gave me a really bad reaction, an almost immediate increase in heart rate, and low blood pressure. Today I feel like I do after drinking too much alcohol (headache etc).
Does anyone know which ingredient of chocolate triggers these symptoms? I have hyper POTS.
I thought about histamine, but then I do not get the same effects from other foods like cheese etc.
Perhaps the theophylline from the cocoa.Does anyone know which ingredient of chocolate triggers these symptoms? I have hyper POTS.
Don't know. I realised dark chocolate gives me migraines (as do other foods high in tyramine). I haven't noticed that it makes my OI worse, though (I have NMH).
On the other hand, if I understand that correctly, POTS people have a blunted response to tyramine. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200002243420803 and https://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=adc&doc=4792
90% here!
As much as I love chocolate I can't eat too much of it. I get a headache as well and it irritates my gut.I love the stuff, but it's been worsening my migraines.
There are many reasons for this - all valid.
One salient possibility is that cocoa increases nitric oxide in the body.
Nitric oxide is necessary for many functions, but too much can be neurotoxic.