In case you were wondering why you often feel sexually attracted to cheese, the answer is suddenly clear.
If you’re like me, congratulations, you may be addicted to cheese. According to a group of Yale University researchers, cheese triggers the same opioids in our brains that are triggered by highly addictive drugs, like cocaine No wonder it’s so hard to stop once you’ve started.
In a study designed to figure out why we’re fixated on certain foods more than others, scientists found that cheese, like all dairy products, contains casein.
Maybe that explains why we love cheese cake so much:
Casein is a substance that can trigger our brain’s opioid receptors, which is linked to addiction. It is especially present in processed, fatty foods like cheese and foods containing cheese.
The scientists tested their theory with a pair of experiments that got several hundred students to use the Yale Food Addiction Scale, which measured their dietary fixations. The results showed that fatty foods containing casein (like cheese or those delicious, delicious foods containing cheese) ranked highest in problematic eating patterns, whether the students were aware of an addiction or not.
It will likely come as no surprise to you that we react so strongly to this delicious food.
Now pass the string cheese!
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