i love my cheese

My best advice is just stop eating it............... its very hard, I LOVE cheese and here's why

Your passion for cheese is more deeply rooted in your brain than you may realize.

Just as heroin, cocaine, and other recreational drugs such as nictoine and alcohol affect the pleasure center of the brain, your brain is stimulated by cheese. The pleasant fuzzy feeling you experience makes you go back for more.

Cheese contains primarily two proteins, whey and casein. When the casein is broken down by acids and bacteria in the gut, a variety of casomorpins are created. One of these casomorphins has about one-tenth of the pain-killing power of morphine, which makes it a socially acceptable drug.

Because eating cheese creates a pleasant relaxation time and time again, we consider ourselves "addicted" to cheese. We seek it our over other less-gratifying foods, such as broccoli or black beans. These foods, while far better nutrionally, are not addictive because they do not create euphoria in the mind.

http://www.examiner.com/article/do-you-have-a-cheese-addiction-how-heroin-cocaine-and-cheese-affect-your-brain

Only buy the expensive cheeses. That way you'll always remember to savor/appreciate it.

I too like my cheese. I tried reduced fat cheeses and found them unsatisfying (many of them were actually nasty - bland in flavour and waxy in texture). What has worked for me is to buy small amounts or really good cheese (artisanal, specialty shop stuff) with strong, robust flavours - and then eat it in small amounts. With my favourite extra aged strong gouda, about a quarter of an ounce nibbled provides me with a satisfying cheese "fix" without adding too many calories to the daily tally.

My best advice is just stop eating it............... its very hard, I LOVE cheese and here's why

Your passion for cheese is more deeply rooted in your brain than you may realize.

Just as heroin, cocaine, and other recreational drugs such as nictoine and alcohol affect the pleasure center of the brain, your brain is stimulated by cheese. The pleasant fuzzy feeling you experience makes you go back for more.

Cheese contains primarily two proteins, whey and casein. When the casein is broken down by acids and bacteria in the gut, a variety of casomorpins are created. One of these casomorphins has about one-tenth of the pain-killing power of morphine, which makes it a socially acceptable drug.

Because eating cheese creates a pleasant relaxation time and time again, we consider ourselves "addicted" to cheese. We seek it our over other less-gratifying foods, such as broccoli or black beans. These foods, while far better nutrionally, are not addictive because they do not create euphoria in the mind.

http://www.examiner.com/article/do-you-have-a-cheese-addiction-how-heroin-cocaine-and-cheese-affect-your-brain

Sorry, but this "article" provides no supporting data nor references at all. Where did this info come from?

Only buy the expensive cheeses. That way you'll always remember to savor/appreciate it.

This. I had some really nice blue cheese tonight after dinner. I found these nutritional facts online.

1oz of Blue Cheese-
100 calories
8g fat
5.3 saturated fat
21mg cholesterol
393 mg sodium
6g protein

My best advice is just stop eating it............... its very hard, I LOVE cheese and here's why

Your passion for cheese is more deeply rooted in your brain than you may realize.

Just as heroin, cocaine, and other recreational drugs such as nictoine and alcohol affect the pleasure center of the brain, your brain is stimulated by cheese. The pleasant fuzzy feeling you experience makes you go back for more.

Cheese contains primarily two proteins, whey and casein. When the casein is broken down by acids and bacteria in the gut, a variety of casomorpins are created. One of these casomorphins has about one-tenth of the pain-killing power of morphine, which makes it a socially acceptable drug.

Because eating cheese creates a pleasant relaxation time and time again, we consider ourselves "addicted" to cheese. We seek it our over other less-gratifying foods, such as broccoli or black beans. These foods, while far better nutrionally, are not addictive because they do not create euphoria in the mind.

http://www.examiner.com/article/do-you-have-a-cheese-addiction-how-heroin-cocaine-and-cheese-affect-your-brain

CHESSE IS A PAIN KILLER! This is awesome. You jst gave me another reason to eat more, dangitt. lol

one trick I use is shredding my own with a small grater. It makes 1 ounce go so much further than a chunk or even pre-shredded. So much more flavor and spreading for the same calories. I also use 2% when I can, and sometimes laughing cow light wedges.
Just portion and stay to an ounce!

These are the tricks I use, and as you can see from my ticker I've lost 35 pounds pounds (haven't added another 2 lost). I have one serving of cheese per day (30 Grams) if I eat cheese, and I eat it probably 4-5 times a week. I generally use a small grater too, works wonders. Just stay away from really processed things and go for the real thing. For example, skinny cow makes icecream and says it's better for you because of the reduced calories, however the ingredients show that the real icecream would probably have been healthier.

To the person saying cheese is all fat: Yes. Cheese is fat. But who said fat is bad for you? Fat keeps you full. Fat helps aid digestion by pairing with the other macros. You can't just cut out fat, or you're robbing your body of something it needs. And don't forget there's plenty of calcium, protein, and other healthy things you can't find anywhere but in cheese.


Enjoy your cheese, and love your life! MMM !


Edit: I forgot to add that I buy part-skim marble cheese. Mozzarella contains a bit less fat than cheddar, but you still get that yummy cheddar-y taste without eating pure yellow cheese. People tend to say go for the white cheeses, but who can resist?! I just thought I'd tell you that because that really helps me out when a cheese craving hits. A lot of the reduced fat cheese (cheddar) that I used to purchase had a gross taste/texture. And don't even TRY soy cheese :P You jsut have to find one that works well for you. And by all means, buy full fat if you'd like

I eat cheese almost every day. I just figure it into my daily calorie intake. I won't give up cheese. Like one other poster said, you'll have to pry it from my cold, dead hand.

I agree with the fine grating. Also, I prefer to purchase high quality cheese. Also, I find that you get a stronger flavour from "old" cheese so you need less of it to get the taste you long for. I also love my feta ... I find it a good number of calories for the flavour it adds.

It's saturated fat.

I've never seen a 70% saturated fat cheese, nor is cheese normally all saturated fat - cheddar is about 30-35% fat of which about two thirds is saturated and about a third is monounsaturated (like olive oil or avocados!).

Nor have I. Even saturated fat can be healthy for you in moderation, as long as you're not scarfing a million grams of saturated and trans fats down your throat you'll be good.