Posted on 11/29/2004, 11:27:36 PM by MississippiMasterpiece
An American doctor has claimed that cheese can be as addictive as morphine.
Dr. Neal Barnard, president of the Physicians Committee on Responsible Medicine, says cheese is addictive because it contains small amounts of morphine from cows' liver.
In his book - Breaking the Food Seduction: The Hidden Reasons Behind Food Cravings and Seven Steps to End them Naturally - he explains why people are hooked on products like cheese, meat, sugar and chocolate.
He says: "There's a biochemical reason many of us feel we can't live without our daily fix.
"Cheese, for example, contains high levels of casein, a protein that breaks apart during digestion to produce morphine-like opiate compounds, called casomorphins.
"These opiates are believed to be responsible for the mother-infant bond that occurs during nursing. It's no surprise many of us feel bonded to the refrigerator."
Dr. Barnard says his research could help overweight people currently suing fast food restaurants, by proving the food is addictive like tobacco.
He has developed a three-week diet and lifestyle program to help people kick their 'addiction' by changing their eating habits, exercising and sleeping well.
Buncha damned foolishness. LOL!
Never underestimate the power of cheese.
Hey, don't bogart that Edam!
Eating pizza is pretty euphoric. .....although the beer may have something to do with it.
Food is addictive? Who knew? Is there a 12-step program for food addicts? Imagine, living your life, free of the need to eat.
I can sympathize with this statement. I personally suffer from a horrible oxygen addiction. If I find myself without it for only a few seconds, I suffer horrible withdrawl symptoms. I just can't figure out who to sue yet. (sarcasm off)
Does that mean us cheeseheads are like crackheads now?
Never underestimate the cheesy unscrupulousness of the activist/trial lawyer/left wing medical establishment. This is merely setting the stage for a class action lawsuit.
Velveeta! You are addictive!
And water. Don't forget that addiction to water, along with oxygen and food.
Velveeta! You are addictive!
It ain't easy,being cheesy.....LOL
Cheese always makes me hungry for moose,
then I have to take a SHOWER afterwards.
Am currently waiting for my Amazon book order to arrive, one of the items is
What The Bible Says About Healthy Living
by Dr. Rex Russell
I'm looking forward to reading it; here's comment found on the amazon site,
' ... don't eat anything God didn't intend for food (e.g. avoid scavenger meats such as pork shellfish and catfish); don't become addicted to anything (i.e. do not make food your god); and ingest food before it is changed into nutrient deficient or harmful products.'
Step #1. We admitted we were powerless over cheese, and that our lives had become unmanageable...
Ok...so maybe if I just switch to weekend cheese eating? Give up brie and gorgonzola?
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