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.
Just a cool dude in a cheesey mood. I suspect the French are behind this conspiracy.
You are Sweet, I am about 20lbs Overweight(Beer Belly)Not too big though.:*)
FWIW, PCRM is the sister organization to PETA.
Yes, you need help. You can't eat that all by yourself. I'll be right there.
There's no hope for you. You may as well give in to the ADF. ( Aged Dairy Fix)
Yes, you do!
You must wean yourself from the DEMON CHEESE!
;-)
.....and I thought medical marijuana was a controversial argument that confronts the Freeper kingdom....
The Peta Food Police attempt to strike once again....
Hey, I think I saw that guy on tv the other day! Everything leads back the FreeRepublic....
Bookmark for later.
Must now run to store for cheese fix...
This could explain why your cheese moose is always biting my sister. He's stoned. His beeber has been stuned by cheese.
Do you and the moose shower together afterwards? :~)
Excellent post! We all need comic relief... This did it for me....and I was watching a Seinfeld rerun at the same time...almost swallowed my tongue....and some velveeta....
Indeed.
Now I understand my to be.......er cheese.
Now I understand my addiction to be.......errr cheese.
Is it against the law to own a cow yet?
France: cheese eating surrender monkey addicts.
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