As someone who helps people get in control of their relationship with food and eating, I know that some of us have a love-hate relationship with chocolate. But today is a celebration of chocolate and it's a good excuse for me to talk about serotonin. There are plenty of reasons we get pleasure from eating chocolate - I mean there's the taste and texture alone! We also get an instant energy boost which feels good. Chocolate, in particular dark chocolate, also contains serotoni

A lot of clients come to me for help with their relationship with food and eating. Regardless of whether they want to lose weight or not, the common factor is that they want to get back in control of what they eat and when they eat it. The other common factor is that they have battles in their head about over-eating, or making the 'wrong' choices. This battle is frustrating and baffling and causes a lot of negative self-talk. That's because intellectually we know what is