It has been proven: chocolate really does affect your brain

When asked ‘What kind of work does your mother do?’, my daughter used to answer: ‘She writes about the queen’ (I once revealed who is responsible for all of queen Máxima's looks). Then the answer to the question became: ‘Typing and chatting’, and for the past week she has been saying: ‘She tastes chocolate.’ And I can't deny it all: everything written above is part of my job, where point three was indeed incredibly favorite. Because what exactly happened?

At the invitation of Godiva chocolate I went to a studio in Amsterdam, where I got a trendy swimming cap with various electrodes attached that would measure my brain activity while I ate a piece of their delicious chocolate. In the category of anticipation, I was allowed to choose three favorite flavors. In my case, the salted caramel, blood orange, and the 72% cocoa for the heavier work. In the studio, I was placed in a comfortable chair opposite brain researcher Tim Smits, who incidentally resembled Guus Meeuwis a lot. The main task was to let a piece of Godiva chocolate slowly melt in my mouth.

What turned out? Brain activity, ecstasy, delight, and excitement all around, although I appeared to be in slightly less high ecstasy than my predecessor. But perhaps the salted caramel caused something completely different for me than the 72% cocoa. The brain researcher, let's just call him Guus Meeuwis, said that sweeter chocolate usually brings you more ecstasy and the darker the chocolate, the more your concentration is stimulated. So you can adjust your chocolate intake to your energy level.

My brain waves showed a clear happiness pattern while I had my piece of chocolate in my mouth. And from my brain waves, pianist Iris Hond will create a music composition, because there is an analogy between your brain waves and musical notes. And I am very curious about that. So keep an eye on Amayzine in the coming weeks, because I will of course share that with you.

And yes, to complete the story: when I heard my daughter say later this week that she wants to do the same work as I do, I completely understood that.