is milk addictive?

gfields

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Posted 10/19/2020 11:20 AM (GMT 0)

I started realizing that I drink a lot of milk. Then I started wondering why I drink so much milk and I searched on the internet. Apparently there are opiod-like substances in milk called casomorphin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casomorphin

I am constantly in pain. My body always hurts. It could be from old age, or overuse of antibiotics, or lyme disease. I'm 39 years old, so I'm not a spring chicken.

Anyway, I think my body gets minor relief from casomorphin and subconsciously it makes me drink milk. It might be relief that is similar to aspirin. I know there are other drugs in milk that they actually inject into cows like antibiotics. I wonder if farmers are aware of casomorphin in milk. I think it is naturally occurring. Could they add additional casomorphin in milk to make it more addictive? It would fly under the radar being that it naturally occurs in milk. Just a suspicion, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was validity to it.

Anyway, I'm not complaining. I'll drink milk if it helps to relieve pain. The more casomorphin the better, at this point.

Dmitry

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Posted 10/19/2020 1:05 PM (GMT 0)

Could be many factors, like lactoferrin; generally milk modulates inflammation:

Effects of dairy products consumption on inflammatory biomarkers among adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0939475320300442
We found that high consumption of dairy products, compared with low or no dairy intake, might significantly reduce CRP [weighed mean difference (WMD): −0.24 mg/L; 95% CI, −0.35, −0.14], TNF-α (WMD:- 0.66 pg/mL; 95% CI, −1.23, −0.09), IL-6 (WMD: −0.74 pg/mL; 95% CI, −1.36, −0.12), and MCP concentrations (WMD: −25.58 pg/mL; 95% CI, −50.31, −0.86). However, when the analyses were confined to cross-over trials, no such beneficial effects of dairy intake on inflammation were observed. In addition, high dairy intake might result in increased adiponectin levels (WMD: 2.42 μg/mL; 95% CI, 0.17, 4.66). No significant effect of dairy consumption on serum leptin (WMD: −0.32 ng/mL; 95% CI, −3.30, 2.65), ICAM-1 (WMD: −3.38 ng/ml; 95% CI, −15.57, 8.96) and VCAM-1 (WMD: 3.1 ng/mL; 95% CI, −21.38, 27.58) levels was observed.

Post Edited (Dmitry) : 10/19/2020 7:08:31 AM (GMT-6)

Dmitry

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Posted 10/19/2020 1:07 PM (GMT 0)

> high dairy intake might result in increased _adiponectin_ levels

^^^

Adiponectin as an anti-inflammatory factor
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2755046/
Obesity is characterized by low-grade systemic inflammation. Adiponectin is an adipose tissue-derived hormone, which is downregulated in obesity. Adiponectin displays protective actions on the development of various obesity-linked diseases. Several clinical studies demonstrate the inverse relationship between plasma adiponectin levels and several inflammatory markers including C-reactive protein. Adiponectin attenuates inflammatory responses to multiple stimuli by modulating signaling pathways in a variety of cell types. The anti-inflammatory properties of adiponectin may be a major component of its beneficial effects on cardiovascular and metabolic disorders including atherosclerosis and insulin resistance. In this reviews, we focus on the role of adiponectin in regulation of inflammatory response and discuss its potential as an antiinflammatory marker.

Adiponectin primes human monocytes into alternative anti-inflammatory M2 macrophages
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2944489/

Adiponectin: a versatile player of innate immunity
https://academic.oup.com/jmcb/article/8/2/120/2459556
Yokota et al. (2000) found that adiponectin not only inhibits mature macrophage functions, such as phagocytosis and cytokine production, but also suppresses proliferation of myelomonocytic progenitors by promoting apoptosis.

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Coffee could help too:

Association Between Coffee Consumption and Circulating Levels of Adiponectin and Leptin
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/jmf.2017.3959
Coffee consumption was associated with higher circulating levels of adiponectin and lower circulating levels of leptin.

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