So according to a Dr. Neal Barnard (founder and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine) cheese can be addictive - because it contains small amounts of morphine made in the cow's liver. Apparently when the dairy protein is broken apart in the stomach during digestion, it releases the opiate molecules.
That would explain why some people can't seem to get enough of it...
However, there's cheese addictions & cheese addictions!
Take this Canadian artist for example. He seems to use cheese quite a lot. Perhaps his mother denied him the pleasure as a child & he's now making up for lost time by over-indulging.
I'm sure the creative process must be quite frustrating if you can't finish a piece because the craving constantly overwhelms you & you keep nibbling on the work...
Check out his Cheese Room, Candy Chair & the bed made of ham.
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