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This is Your Brain On Cheese....
If you regularly find yourself hovering around the cheese board at the Christmas dinner table, helping yourself to seconds or thirds, there may be a scientific explanation as to why you’re unable to tear yourself away.
Researchers from the University of Michigan have revealed that cheese contains a chemical found in addictive drugs. Using the Yale Food Addiction Scale, designed to measure a person’s cravings, the study found that cheese is particularly moreish because it contains casein. The chemical, which is found in all dairy products, can trigger the brain’s opioid receptors, producing a feeling of euphoria linked to those of hard drug addiction. 500 students were asked to complete a questionnaire to identify food cravings, as part of the study, with pizza topping the list as the most addictive food of all. In addition, they found that the top-ranking foods on the addiction scale were those containing cheese. Scientists studying dairy products found that in milk, casein has a minuscule dosage. But producing a pound of cheese requires about 10 pounds of milk — with addictive casein coagulating the solid milk fats and separating them from the liquids. As a result the super-strength chemical becomes concentrated when in solid dairy form, so you’ll get a higher hit of addictive casein by tucking into a cheese sandwich than you will in your morning bowl of cereal. Study author Erica Schulte said: "If properties of some foods are associated with addictive eating for some people, this may impact nutrition guidelines, as well as public policy initiatives such as marketing these foods to children." Nicole Avena, a co-author on the study, said: "This is a first step towards identifying specific foods, and properties of foods, which can trigger this addictive response. "This could help change the way we approach obesity treatment. It may not be a simple matter of 'cutting back' on certain foods, but rather, adopting methods used to curtail smoking, drinking and drug use." The news comes after it was revealed that the average person is estimated to eat around 35 pounds of cheese a year - suggesting that it really as addictive as research claims. No wonder the smelliest of Stiltons can have us reaching for the crackers by the handful. Link: http://tinyurl.com/jnqf738 |
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Maybe it is because cheese is just so damned good!
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Behold The Power of Cheese
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01-13-2016, 12:11 AM | #12 |
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I'm a huge cheese fanatic myself. Super stoked on the pro tip, I just printed off order form, going to fill it out with the mrs. tomorrow.
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In my house we refer to the effects of cheese as "cheesed out". I in particular experience that quality of being comfortably numb afterward. A daze really. Seem to remember something going on involving opioid receptors etc when I researched this some time ago.
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Is this related in any way to "Cheesing???"
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