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Cheese 'Can Be Addictive As Morphine'
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| 5-6-2003
Posted on 06/06/2003 4:38:29 PM PDT by blam
Cheese 'can be as addictive as morphine'
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.
Story filed: 13:51 Friday 6th June 2003
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: addictive; cheese; cheesewatch; moose; morphine; sister
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posted on
06/06/2003 4:38:30 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Dr. Barnard is a few threads short of a full screw; The hard part is getting all that cheese into the syringe.
2
posted on
06/06/2003 4:41:06 PM PDT
by
45Auto
(Big holes are (almost) always better.)
To: blam
Ban Food!
3
posted on
06/06/2003 4:41:26 PM PDT
by
Khepera
(Do not remove by penalty of law!)
To: blam; *cheesewatch
OK. Put the cuffs on me and take me away.
"It's a fair cop."
4
posted on
06/06/2003 4:41:37 PM PDT
by
LibKill
(MOAB, the greatest advance in Foreign Relations since the cat-o'-nine-tails!)
To: 45Auto
Velveeta!
5
posted on
06/06/2003 4:41:44 PM PDT
by
drlevy88
To: blam
Only one way to be sure: chop off his leg and give him some cheese, see if it helps...
To: blam
Cheese? What next? A moose bit my sister?
7
posted on
06/06/2003 4:42:15 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: blam
Hmmm.. Well, that explains a few things.. ;^)
8
posted on
06/06/2003 4:42:54 PM PDT
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: blam
Physicians Committee on Responsible Medicine is a PETA front.
To: blam
Dr Barnard says his research could help overweight people currently suing fast food restaurants, by proving the food is addictive like tobacco.Or people testing positive for opiates on drug tests? I kinda tend to doubt the good Dr's competence here for some reason.
10
posted on
06/06/2003 4:43:23 PM PDT
by
templar
To: blam
If eating cheese is wrong, I don't want to be right...
To: 45Auto
>>...a few threads short of a full screw...
There's one I have not heard before...I like it :)
12
posted on
06/06/2003 4:43:46 PM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(No electrons were harmed in the production of this tag line.)
To: blam
Yeah, I tried to quit food once, and sure enough I found out I was addicted. Couldn't do without the stuff.
To: blam
Cheese is not good for anyone over 21. But wild moose milk is fine, plus it is an excellent test of your reflexes if not your judgement.
14
posted on
06/06/2003 4:45:05 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(gazing at shadows)
To: blam
When will journalists learn the difference between an unsupported claim (which has no more credibility when it comes from an MD than it would from a cab driver) and an actual peer-reviewed study?
To: blam
Dr Barnard says his research could help overweight people currently suing fast food restaurants, by proving the food is addictive like tobacco. How's that for a not-so-hidden agenda?
Actually, my all time favorite "comfort food" is a plain old grilled cheese sandwich. Maybe he's on to something. The problem is, he's too damn dumb to just say, "so what?".
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posted on
06/06/2003 4:45:15 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
( Midnight at the Oasis)
To: blam
Cheese 'can be as addictive as morphine'
not if you eat it with a moose chaser :O|
To: blam
Cheese is my favorite food.
18
posted on
06/06/2003 4:46:29 PM PDT
by
Godel
To: Drango
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posted on
06/06/2003 4:46:35 PM PDT
by
LibKill
(MOAB, the greatest advance in Foreign Relations since the cat-o'-nine-tails!)
To: blam
and i thought i liked macaroni and cheese just because it tasted good....does that mean the gov't has to pay me money and rehab for cheese fiends like myself....
20
posted on
06/06/2003 4:46:42 PM PDT
by
fishbabe
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