Cheese, I Can't Quit You! ... Or Can I? | Dr. Neal Barnard on The Exam Room
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 3 February 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Cheese addiction expert Dr. Neal Barnard explains the opioid-like compounds found in cheese that cause intense cravings that make people eat it day after day, 365 days a year.
He joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Live with tips for breaking the addiction and answer other health questions sent in by viewers to the Doctor's Mailbag.
- Are dairy-free cheeses addictive?
- Do all fats raise cholesterol?
- Is extra-virgin olive oil healthier than regular olive oil?
- Is almond milk healthier than soy milk?
- Plus, many others.
Also, Chuck has details on a study showing that our earliest ancestors were not major meat eaters. The findings shatter the myth that human evolution, including brain development, was kicked into high gear as a result of meat being added to the diet many thousands of years ago.
This episode of The Exam Room™ Podcast is sponsored by The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, which supports organizations like the Physicians Committee that carry on Greg's passion and love for animals through rescue efforts, veganism, and wildlife conservation.
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Meat and Human Evolution Study
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Chuck Carroll
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Dr. Neal Barnard
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| 0:00.0 | If Chiefs finish, if you set it aside, don't have it at all, period zero. |
| 0:05.3 | That sounds harsh, so the way to make it workable is focused on the short term. |
| 0:09.0 | Just take say three weeks. |
| 0:10.0 | Alright, I think I can do that. |
| 0:11.7 | And you'll discover that you end up being turned off by Chiefs. |
| 0:15.8 | You'll just get me to one another. |
| 0:22.2 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:25.8 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:28.5 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us in more than 130 countries around |
| 0:33.1 | the world and Healthy Cities coast to coast in the US. |
| 0:36.8 | Bologsi, Mississippi, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Weblo, Colorado. |
| 0:41.6 | We appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:45.7 | This is episode 10 of season 5, number 309, overall. |
| 0:52.1 | What is it about cheese that makes it so dog-gone, addictive? |
| 0:57.3 | Whether it's cheddar or Swiss or mozzarella, even better, whatever the type of cheese, there's |
| 1:03.3 | just something about it that makes you crave it day and night. |
| 1:07.4 | You gotta have it. |
| 1:09.8 | So is it true that cheese kind of is like a mild drug? |
| 1:13.8 | It has opioid-like compounds that can get you hooked. |
| 1:17.6 | Well we are going to find out today, and more importantly, we're also going to learn |
| 1:22.5 | how you can break this potential addiction. |
| 1:26.1 | Now you can just say no to Keso and get its hooks out of your diet once and for all. |
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