Why didn't anyone tell me????

[Revvell]

The Brown Swiss cows, Rev... those are the ones that Swiss Miss uses

Ohhhh! *shakes head* Why didn't someone tell me this before???

[Mary Kay]

RaeVyn.....ROFL my butt off, which you must be doing too, as I see you've lost 50 lbs. You go girl!

Mary Kay

[symeonsam]

I mean, who knew about morphine in chocolate? Veronica, you are right, it can't be healthy, and i am highly addicted to it, either physically or psychologically, or both. I cannot for the life of me eat "a little", i eat it all day long, just like an addict would do.

So......i just have to go cold turkey (tofu). I just have to stay away completely. I feel better knowing there is at least some explanation for why this has such an effect on people.

Gaby,

Actually, it's not morphine, but opiate like chemicals. Cheese also has these same chemicals but more concentrated, due to the evaperation of water from the milk. So you get that same opiate effect by eating a piece of cheese as you do eating a piece of milk chocolate. Why do you think they like to give warm milk to kids that can't sleep? They are just doping them up.

[gabriele]

Gaby,

Actually, it's not morphine, but opiate like chemicals. .

It might as well be heroin for how addictive it is to me.

[Tirza]

I too am a self-confessed chocaholic.
After seeing how much rodent material is allowed I was rather slowed down, but it's amazing how you can block that kind of thing out. Same with meat and dairy. I actually like the taste of it despite all I know about it. I just need to think of those facts when tempted and it goes far away.

My other thing is that I have cancer and have been told that I MUST stay off all animal products and sugar - which includes fruit!!! That is a hard thing. I LOVE fruit - I can make a mono-meal out of it easily - which apparently proves that I am addicted to sugar - which feeds the cancer! So I've been thinking of what I could use for desserts and treats that can be made with Stevia. (Is that okay?) Of course chocolate immediately comes to mind, but then so do rodent hairs and feces.

So I am now thinking about lemon juice, stevia and chia as a pudding/pie filling. Also pumpkin/sweet potato/squash pie with stevia and spices, and maybe some cookies or cake things made with nuts and no dried fruit. The thing is, I hardly ever make desserts, but hubby loves them and he can eat fruit...and loves chocolate - but bless him, he is so willing to go this way, and even to adapt to my restrictions so I am not so tempted.

[Mary Kay]

Tirza,

Just curious about some things, if you don't mind: What's your pH like - have you been measuring it - your second urine of the day?

How about a pregnancy test? Have you done one? Even males with cancer will often test positive, because cancer cells coat themselves with HCG - to "cloak" themselves/hide. Taking enteric-coated digestive enzymes, gets the enzymes into your gut, then bloodstream -and can actually help destroy the coating, which is protein based.

And I had fibrocystic breasts for years and years, was always very stressed, and had high cortisol, no doubt, which destroys your ability to absorb progesterone...I digress, sorry, but I had to really watch my intake of chocolate and rarely drank coffee --even decaff, as all of them contain caffeine, which also contributes to the cortisol thing, but besides that, they all contain methylxanthenes, which are cyst-promoting----so this is another reason to shy away from the chocolate - well to avoid it if you have cancer. Wordy....sorry, HTH,

Mary Kay

[Tirza]

Mary Kay,
Do you know, I have never heard of any of this except taking PH readings - which I did for awhile and then stopped. I will now start taking it again.
Very interesting! Thank you for this post.