Cheese has 'morphine-like' qualities and can be addictive

Do you think you're addicted to cheese?

Well now your worst fears may actually be a reality, as a leading doctor and author has revealed that he believes cheese has 'morphine-like compounds' that make it harder for the brain to resist the temptation.

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The report, which appears on Thrillist, says that rather than restrict yourself from cheese completely, the USDA recommends consuming one-and-a-half ounces of cheese a day.

"In cheese, we get massive concentrations of fat and salt, which our highly evolved brains continue to love," the report says.

"Combine this with the opioid-like casomorphins, and cheese suddenly goes from 'very delicious' to 'obscenely tempting'."

So could this report explain why it's widely speculated that people can suffer from nightmares when they consume too much cheese?

According to the British Cheese Board eating cheese straight before bed doesn't actually give you nightmares, but it may give you some imaginative dreams.

"Eating different types of cheeses gave people different types of dreams," Nigel White, Secretary of the British Cheese Board told Daily Mail.

"For instance, Stilton produces very vivid, sometimes bizarre dreams, Red Leicester had people revisiting their schooldays and Cheddar made people dream of celebrities!"

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