eeek Dark Chocolate & nasty side effects page 2

[Sabre]

definitely can relate, i gotta pretty bad headaches from the stuff

[impala454]

one of those brands added milk back into their "dark" recipe...could that be the problem?

Here's the ingredients list off the one in my drawer (Green & Black's 85%): organic chocolate, organic cocoa butter, organic cocoa, organic raw cane sugar, organic vanilla extract.

[solstice]

perhaps the caffeine jolt then?!

[Gadsie]

I used to get nauseated after eating an entire bar. Until one day I got sick and fasted for 3 days because I was nauseated all of the time. And eversince I can eat an entire bar without side effects

[anadolis]

Tryptophan overdose?
The Side Effects Of L-tryptophan | LIVESTRONG.COM

It's the substance in chocolate that helps boost serotonin levels, and is awesome in appropriate quantities, but apparently can cause some discomfort if over-consumed. Don't know if there's enough in dark chocolate to cause this, but looks like you might have crossed that particular threshold!

[freedom.please]

Thanks every one for the suggestions, I do not think it is sugar or caffeine related. I do feel it may be L-trytophan, read a little about it. Most of all I may just cut out chocolate all together, it is not necessary and after the consequence I got from the dark chocolate the thought makes me shiver. I know I ate too much of it I just couldn't believe how poorly it made me feel

easy enough -- my body does not want or need dark chocolate, just going to stay away from now on...

[Danielle5690]

easy enough -- my body does not want or need dark chocolate, just going to stay away from now on...

Dark chocolate can be a powerful migraine trigger for some people (as can anything else with tannic acid, like red wine, coffee, and black tea). Did you have light and/or sound sensitivity with the nausea and nasty headache? That was probably a migraine.

[tarek]

75g is way too much chocolate at once -- that's 3/4 of the entire bar. The average serving size is 40g. I used to eat nearly an entire bar of that exact chocolate almost every day, and I often felt the same as you did, minus the headache. Fatigued, sluggish, nauseated, moody, etc. I rarely eat cacao now, but if I do, I try to limit it to less than 20g (ideally around 10g).

[Wildrose]

try 90% chocolate. It's like, the very essence of cocoa, which is to say, bitter. You'll never be able to OD on it and it's very healthy. Definitely solves a chocolate craving!

[JennGlob]

Last night I treated myself to about 75g of Green & Blacks 85% dark chocolate.. oh boy... this was not good. I quickly took on a nauseous stomach and a really bad head ache.

-apparently too much dark chocolate can have some pretty upsetting side effects

-Who else has had similar experiences?
-Does any one have suggestions how to get over this? (just have to give it time?)
-Why does this happen?

very interesting but not how I wanted to find out!

I actually had just 6 squares of the same stuff today, that is half a serving. You ate 2 1/2 servings. The fiber alone is gonna give you issues, then the sugar, then the caffeine... Next time, just have the 1 serving..