There’s just something about it that makes you crave for it, even more, when what you’ve just had was just a little.
Cheese is a dairy product derived from milk that is produced in a wide range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep. [1]
Oh wait, there’s indeed a compound that makes it addictive. Not as much to turn you nuts like a heroin addict but little by little it keeps your mouth wanting more of that yellow munchie.
It’s called casomorphin.
Casomorphin is an opioid peptide (protein fragment) derived from the digestion of the milk protein casein. [2]
According to Dr. Neal Barnard, it binds to the same opioid receptors that heroin and other related drugs would bind to. That’s why you can’t have just 1 slice of pizza, it’s really fucking hard!
It goes beyond
In addition to that, it’s been well established that cheese is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
National health organizations, such as the American Heart Association, Association of UK Dietitians, British National Health Service, and Mayo Clinic, among others, recommend that cheese consumption be minimized, replaced in snacks and meals by plant foods, or restricted to low-fat cheeses to reduce caloric intake and blood levels of HDL fat. [3,4,5]
It is also high in saturated and trans fats as well as increasing your risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease
What a recipe for disaster! Another strike for animal foods.
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References:
- Fankhauser, David B. (2007). "Fankhauser's Cheese Page". Archived from the original on September 25, 2007. Retrieved September 23, 2007.
- European Food Safety Authority. 1 February 2009 Review of the potential health impact of β-casomorphins and related peptides
- Sacks, Frank M.; Lichtenstein, Alice H.; Wu, Jason H.Y.; Appel, Lawrence J.; Creager, Mark A.; Kris-Etherton, Penny M.; Miller, Michael; Rimm, Eric B.; Rudel, Lawrence L.; Robinson, Jennifer G.; Stone, Neil J.; Van Horn, Linda V. (June 15, 2017). "Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association". Circulation. 136 (3): e1–e23. doi:10.1161/CIR.0000000000000510. PMID 28620111.
- "Food Fact Sheet - Cholesterol" (PDF). Association of UK Dietitians. December 1, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
- "Eat less saturated fat". National Health Service. June 1, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
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