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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.