6 Unusual Facts About Love
4. Chocolate was considered to be a “love drug”
In the ancient times when the goodness of factory made chocolate was not yet invented, it was seen as a kind of a drug that induced romantic feelings by Mexican chief Montezuma. He is said to have had a habit of drinking upto 50 cups of chocolate daily prior to visiting his harem of 600 women. Mind you, chocolate then didn’t have sugar added and was of the very bitter cocoa bean variety.
5. Love as a reliever
It seems the poetry and stories that were inspired from the feeling of love and glorified it weren’t that far off the mark. Love is actually known to be a great reliever for the body and it supposedly has a calming effect physically as well as mentally. This strong emotion apparently increases the levels of nerve growth factor for about a year. This aids in replenishing the nervous system and enhancing the memory. So go out there and fall in love!
6. Love is a chemical reaction
Believe it or not, love is actually a strong chemical reaction and has more to do with our brains and bodies than our hearts. Quite a few scientific experiments and researches have proven that people fall in love due to a combination of a whole lot of things such as the person’s smell, alignment of teeth, height, hair, body language, etc. Also, looking at that person as well as kissing them, triggers certain chemical reactions in the body which make us feel like we have butterflies in our stomach. This feeling has been labeled as love. So don’t fall for all that stuff popularly propagated about love such as, it is more about the emotions and heart than about bodies.
