The role of low progesterone and tension as triggers of perimenstrual chocolate and sweets craving: Some negative experimental evidence

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 417-420

  Michener, Willa ^a   Rozin, Paul ^a   Freeman, Ellen ^a   Gale, Lynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chocolate and sweet craving; Low progesterone; Perimenstrual; Tension

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CACAO; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORTH AMERICA; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEETNESS; TASTE PREFERENCE; TENSION;

EID: 0032872270     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00094-3     Document Type: Article

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