Comments:

1. Van Houten invented "cacao butter" or "cocao butter" from the fat of the cacao nibs.
2. Cacoa butter is a valuable commodity because, in addition to its role in the production of high-grade chocolate it has many uses in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
3. Interacting with female harmones in a way that produes incredible premenstrual cravings for chocolate.
4. The most extensive medical study of chocolate is by a French eloctor, Herve Robert, who published a book in 1990 called "Les vertus therapeutique dy chocolat".
5. Robert disproved any possiblity that choclate could cause migraine, ance, obesity, and tooth decay.

Questions:

1. What does the cacao bean contain???
2. What are alkaloids???
3. What does theobrime do???
4. What makes Robert believe chocolate doesn't cause migarine, ance, obesity, and tooth decay.

Vocabulary:

1. Phenylethylamine- An amine, C8H11N, that has pharmacological properties similar to those of amphetamine, occurs naturally as a neurotransmitter in the brain, and is present in chocolate and oil of bitter almonds.
2. Serotomin-
3. Commodity- an article of trade or commerce, esp. a product as distinguished from a service.

Literary Terms:

1. Its reputation as an aphrodisiac goes back as far as the European conquest of Mexico...
2. It is found, along with caffeine, in the kola nut of Africa, which bestowed its name, as well as its alkaloids...

Overveiw:

1. The chapter is about how chocolate is compared to medical problems in good or bad ways. Also the thoughts about Dr. Roberts.