[Lexi232]

Has anyone else ever thought there should be a place for "Cheese-aholics"?
I was told a while back that the reason i crave cheese is because it turns into opioids in the system (only affects people with aspergers from what my pdoc said). I dont know if i really think that's acurate or not, because i was on a medicene (dilaudid (sp?)) that was a big opioid pain pill, and the two don't have much in common in the way the med affected me and the way the cheese does. and i dont have any kind of withdrawls off of cheese lol.. which i did with the pain med (going cold turkey off of that one, caused some really big mental issues during that late december 2011 to jan 2012 area.), and the med made me in a good mood, and .. well.. pretty much acted like a mild antidepresant, and mild adhd focusing med) while cheese makes me have problems coping and sorting things out and is quite opposite of how the med worked in me.

[WePow]

i know i sure love cheese!

[rosska]

I adore cheese. I lived in France for a short time and I tried every kind of cheese I could. Used to have it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Sadly I had to stop eating a lot of cheese when I got my gallbladder out. Now I can only eat very small amounts before it causes horrible stomach pains.

Not sure if it has anything to do with AS or not though haha.

[-jimi-]

That is from an odd theory basically proven to be an advanced hoax. Look up Andrew Wakefield.

That said, food can affect us in different ways even if it does NOT turn into opiates.

I'm a milkoholic but I'm not less autistic off milk.

[purplegiraffe1]

You know, it's funny you mention that... this past weekend, my mom, sister and i were getting pizza, and there was this lady there who had a daughter with Asperger's and after my mom told her i had asperger's the lady asked me if i was addicted to wheat! I'm not really addicted to it very much. but the lady said similiar to what your doc said about cheese. She said that wheat turns into a pain killer in our brains.? I really don't know that i believe that one either, but it was intresting to me.

[Pandoren]

I honestly don't understand that idea... why would cheese affect the brains of people with ASDs and not anyone else?

That said, I liked milk before I went vegan. It was the hardest thing to give up.

[(Mo)hawk]

I have never heard of cheese being related to ASD. However I have heard of gluten being related.

As for either being categorized as a drug? IDK what to think about that. I have heard the theories and read the articles, but I am not sure how it really correlates directly to ASD.

I know (I, personally) have bad side-affects on both gluten and lactose, that cause very uncomfortable and/or odd symptoms (like anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances). But I never related it to drug addiction or withdraw. I attribute it more to allergy (or intolerance).

I actually have a friend who doesn't process gluten correctly.
As has been mentioned above- it does in fact get treated and processed like an opioid in his body.

He can get stoned eating wheat thins.

...useewhutididthere?
ha.

And Andrew Wakefield aside, this is the actual case with my friend.