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Cold Like Symptoms from Chocolate ??

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Is it possible to get cold-like symptoms from chocolate ?

last night (my birthday) i had a couple of pieces of chocolate cake and was as fit as a fiddle .. Now today I have a runny nose and an awful sore throat.

Funny question maybe ... But wait !

many years ago while working in Southern Africa I seemed to get the same whenever I ate a certain brand of chocolate. At that time I thought it strange, but remember it happening a few times.

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  • What, like an allergic reaction? Have you taken an antihistamine?

    Or maybe, it's the changeable weather and you have got a cold.
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  • pmduk
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    An allergy to an ingredient was my first thought as well.
  • Jox
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    Do you drink coffee or tea, if not maybe it is a reaction to caffeine? I'm in the middle of caffeine withdrawal and have been in a bad way with sore muscles, lethargy and depression for 2 days!
  • Sncjw
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    A cold wouldn’t hit you that quick. It would be from being infected a few days prior
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