Posted @withrepost • @sunpeople_1 The study, researched at the University of Michigan and published in the U.S. National Library of Medicine, investigated why some foods cause addictive behaviors. It found that the more processed and fatty the food, the more likely it was to cause addiction. the most addictive foods in the study contained cheese. Because the dairy proteins inside can act as mild opiates. _ Fragments of cheese protein, called casomorphins, attach to the same brain receptors as heroin and other narcotics. As a result, each bite of cheese produces a tiny hit of dopamine. _ High concentrations of casein, a protein that can ignite your brain's opioid receptors and produce the familiar craving for another hit. Casein is found in all dairy products, but the cheese-making process concentrates it. _ Cheddar cheese, has the most concentrated amount of cheese protein in the grocery store and it can pack more calories than Coca-Cola and more salt than potato chips. At 149 calories, one cup of milk delivers more energy than a can of sugary soda. One cup of melted cheddar? You're looking at 986 calories. Think a typical 2-ounce snack of potato chips ranks high in salt at 350 milligrams? Two ounces of Velveeta knocks potato chips aside as a sodium villain, containing more than 800 milligrams of sodium. _ BREAK THE CYCLE But how to get out of the vicious circle of cheese addiction? Unfortunately, all you need is willpower! If you stay away from it for a few weeks, one day you’ll realize the desperate craving’s gone. _ There are some options out there for you if you are just starting as in nut cheese options, but don't lean on that too hard, that is just a means to bridge you from one point to the next *Don't even go near nutritional yeast* __ sources: https://www.gq.com/story/cheese-addictive-drugs-report https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/nation-now/2017/03/07/cheese-so-addictive-one-doctor-calls-dairy-crack/98877844/ https://www.plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/cheese-addiction-is-real-but-you-can-break-out-of-it _ #cheeseaddict #cheeseaddiction #cheesecrack #dopamine #blackhealth https://www.instagram.com/p/B08VvhPDIOm/?igshid=1pbydvhfxeeo2
