Is it a Craving or an Addiction?

Ever felt the need to fulfill your craving for cheese? Is it a craving or is it really an addiction? Yes, that’s right…it is scientifically proven that one can be addicted to cheese. Apparently cow milk contains traces of morphine. The morphine in their milk helps create a calming effect on their young when they are nursing that helps to strengthen the relationship between the parent and child animal. Not only that, but the protein casein that is a key aspect of all cheeses breaks down into casomorphins when you eat cheese and creates the opiate effect that this so peptide can have. This was first discovered in 1981 by Eli Hazum and his colleagues who performed many tests to discover that there was morphine in cow’s milk. Because of these addictive qualities, when you take one bite of cheese your brain is immediately triggered and releases endorphins that people associate with things that make them happy. Cheese is also much more dense than the milk which it is made from and because of this even more casomorphins enter the body and make people enjoy cheese way more than any other dairy product. Clearly American love cheese (the average American consumes 33 pounds of cheese a year!) So if you feel the cheese addiction you can indulge (like I do) or deprive yourself of by the far the best food.