"I hope you've got good plumbing. 'Cause I've been eating a lot of cheese lately. I just can't get enough cheese." - Uncle Buck
Posted on 11/29/2004 3:27:36 PM PST 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.
So what's wrong with cheese?
Another "bypass the scientific inquiry and place it in the masses hands, for$29.95" book. Of course this expert will donate all proceeds from the sale of this book to charity and survive off of the expert witness fees from lawsuits.
Hey! Who cut the cheese?
Look for DEA agents to begin flooding into Wisconsin.
> Velveeta! You are addictive!
It might be if it contained any actual cheese.
"I hope you've got good plumbing. 'Cause I've been eating a lot of cheese lately. I just can't get enough cheese." - Uncle Buck
Just say NO!
Yes, would be my guess beause you know what is there to soothe your addiction. :)
PETA FRONT!!!
As opposed to ANNOREXIA which is not addicted to food at all.
"Right Now I have 6 different Cheese's in my Fridge, I usually keep 2 on hand at all times,With 2 boxes of Triscuts at the ready, Do I need Help ???"
I would KILL to have that particular grouping of food in my kitchen!!! Unfortunately, I would eat until I foundered, gain at least ten pounds, and so I just can't have it here. I AM addicted to that kind of food!!
You, on the other hand, probably DON'T overeat...and I'm envious!!
When it comes to Swiss, his argument is full of holes...
Cheese could never be as addictive as tobacco. I have a hard enough time keeping a wheel of Gruyere lit.
Just a cool dude in a cheesey mood. I suspect the French are behind this.
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Oh the depravity....and the last stop is the run down back alley Velveeta-house.....where cheese heads kill for that last creamy crumb....
Now, I would have to say that the Pack is another jones. That lad is way beyond cheese, my friend.
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