Behold, the power of cheese!

[AggieDave 6]

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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.

http://www.faxdaily.com/cheese.html

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[AggieDave 6]

See, I knew I wasn't crazy when I couldn't help but eat a block of cheese and drink beer some nights...sitting on the couch with a knife, a block of cheese, the remote and a beer...chomp chomp chomp chomp

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[eeneR 3]

Well that explains what the deal is with all the Wisconsinites!

Runs like hell for cover

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[SpeedRacer 1]

I think it was narcimund's posts that convinced me to start trying fancy/expensive cheese.

He's right: Expensive cheese isn't actually expensive if a thin slice of it will give you more flavor than a big hunk of bland, gummint cheese.

so I tried this well-aged, hard cheese from Dublin.
goes great with wheat crackers and a glass of cabernet sauvignon

Speed Racer
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[AggieDave 6]

Yeah, I'll "splruge" and buy nice cheese everyonce in a while...just can't help it.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[Remster 30]

Costco has Roquefort and St André cheap around here... we eat waaaayyy to much of those!

Remster

[antifnsocial 0]

Cheese 'can be as addictive as morphine'

[sunshine 2]

I love cheese. I wanna move to the moon so i can eat all the cheese, then the moon would be gone and i'd be homeless.

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[Remster 30]

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Cheese 'can be as addictive as morphine'

The French must be addicts.

[AggieDave 6]

You can quit at any time, right? Suuuuure. Don't be shy, you surrendered to the cheese, right?

(like I can talk, I can't help it, I love cheese)

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[eeneR 3]

Cant argue one bit cheese rocks....course now I want some, and im broke till tomorrow...

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[AggieDave 6]

If you're broke, there's always Government Cheese...

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[eeneR 3]

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If you're broke, there's always Government Cheese...

For cheep cheese the welfare cheese isnt that bad...

Im only broke till tomorrow....so thats ok, then I can go get some.

Hrrm...I might be willing to try something new...any suggestions? I am a big fan of sharp cheddar, as well as feta.

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[AggieDave 6]

Like horseraddish?

Get a horseraddish chedder. Its a neat change.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[eeneR 3]

Love horseraddish....

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And I thought you were talking about cutting the cheese on airplanes...

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[antifnsocial 0]

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And I thought you were talking about cutting the cheese on airplanes...

mh

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and a hundred or so of your friends are going, "Eeeewwww, it was him!!!!!"

Please feel free to reply to my posts and pm's, but only if you're smart enough to understand what they really mean.

[Mayberry 0]

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And I thought you were talking about cutting the cheese on airplanes...

mh

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and a hundred or so of your friends are going, "Eeeewwww, it was him!!!!!"

That would be "Fumundah" cheese...

Don

Don

Here's to friends!

[DeNReN 0]

OK...who else thought of the Simpsons episode where Homer eats 100 slices of American cheese with Mr Burns and Smithers suctioned cuped to the ceiling ..after reading this thread title????

[Morcyk 0]

Great so we can look forward to another frivolous lawsuit that drives the price of our cheeseburgers up.

[jakee 1,599]

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Great so we can look forward to another frivolous lawsuit that drives the price of our cheeseburgers up.

As much as I hate junk food companies I just cannot stand these 'addictive food' lawsuits. I can't see how the retailers could have been expected to know that the food was addictive (if it actually is) or any evidence that they've been hiding that fact from their customers.

Any way back to cheese. Oak smoked west country vintage farmhouse cheddar [Blissfully happy drooley smiley icon] Oh yeah

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[AggieDave 6]

Any food can be addictive...so at some point the farmers will be sued for producing the beef, etc.

Lawsuits have their place in society, unfortunately its still illegal to hit someone with a stick when they sue for something frivolous.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[DeNReN 0]

I'm gona sue pigs...I've been addicted to bacon for years now

[jakee 1,599]

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Any food can be addictive...

Physically or psychologically? I feel that just because someone can become so used to eating or doing something that they become psychologically addicted to it doesn't make the thing itself addictive. It's a fault in the person, not the object.

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unfortunately its still illegal to hit someone with a stick when they sue for something frivolous.

Goddammit! I guess old thumpy's going back in the cupboard then.

Did I mention that I had some cheese that had been made with red wine soaked through it the other day? Two things that go great together, all in one! Genius! (It wasn't mass produced crap either)

Not sure if it beats the old chive and spring onion cheese though, hmm, haven't had that for a while...

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[AggieDave 6]

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It's a fault in the person, not the object.

Ding, you've got a winner.

"Hi, I'll have 12 bigmacs and a diet coke please..."
"HEY, put the sammich down, if your ass gets bigger you'll have to have a special winch made to go take a shit..."

If you doubt that, go walk around wal-mart or mc donalds or better yet, the mc donalds in wal-mart.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."