people usually tell me cheese is the reason they could never go vegan, and I always point out how cheese has chemicals in it that act like drugs that would make it hard to give up. People are usually kind of shocked that their beloved cheese makes them feel "addicted" in a sense.
I first heard about it in the movie Supersize Me where I think he refers to them as Kase Endorphins, but wikipedia also has stuff about it:
Cheese contains tryptophan, an amino acid that has been found to relieve stress and induce sleep.[22]
Casein Like other dairy products, cheese contains casein, a substance that when digested by humans breaks down into several chemicals, including casomorphine, an opioid peptide. In the early 1990s it was hypothesized that autism can be caused or aggravated by opioid peptides.[23] Based on this hypothesis, diets that eliminate cheese and other dairy products are widely promoted. Studies supporting these claims have had significant flaws, so the data are inadequate to guide autism treatment recommendations.[24]
Wow, that's really interesting. I've never heard of that. I'll have to point that out to my boyfriend who works in the cheese department at Whole Foods.
I mean, it kind of makes sense since it says it can come from milk. Hence why people will drin ka glass of warm milk to fall asleep. Also, it says that similar things are found in breat milk, which would make the babies sleepy, good for them at the time so it can help generate growth, but not necessary for adults.
so, cheese (and dairy) contains casomorphine, which makes you tired, sluggish, sleepy, and makes you feel a mini sort of opiod pleasure. hmm, similar to the drug morphine.
I first heard about it in the movie Supersize Me where I think he refers to them as Kase Endorphins, but wikipedia also has stuff about it:
Cheese contains tryptophan, an amino acid that has been found to relieve stress and induce sleep.[22]
Casein
Like other dairy products, cheese contains casein, a substance that when digested by humans breaks down into several chemicals, including casomorphine, an opioid peptide. In the early 1990s it was hypothesized that autism can be caused or aggravated by opioid peptides.[23] Based on this hypothesis, diets that eliminate cheese and other dairy products are widely promoted. Studies supporting these claims have had significant flaws, so the data are inadequate to guide autism treatment recommendations.[24]
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I mean, it kind of makes sense since it says it can come from milk. Hence why people will drin ka glass of warm milk to fall asleep. Also, it says that similar things are found in breat milk, which would make the babies sleepy, good for them at the time so it can help generate growth, but not necessary for adults.
so, cheese (and dairy) contains casomorphine, which makes you tired, sluggish, sleepy, and makes you feel a mini sort of opiod pleasure. hmm, similar to the drug morphine.
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