| Everybody knows that a bacon cheeseburger is not a | | | | combinations of beef, wheat, and dairy products that |
| diet food, but calorie count is not the only reason. Meat, | | | | contain the chemicals that go quickly to your brain. |
| wheat, and dairy interfere with our best ways to diet in | | | | As long as food contains these three ingredients, it |
| ways that have nothing to do with calories, carbs, or | | | | doesn't matter if it was overcooked, or undercooked, |
| fat grams. | | | | served too hot, or served too cold. If you eat it, you will |
| Meat, specifically beef, and more specifically, the blood | | | | feel better. That is why the major food chains can |
| in beef, wheat, and dairy products, more specifically | | | | serve one dollar burgers and keep customers coming |
| the casein in dairy products, all contain a specialized | | | | in the door. Food quality is not what customer |
| group of chemicals known as the mu-opioids. These | | | | satisfaction is all about. Any food that contains |
| chemicals are referred to as "opioids" because they | | | | mu-opioids will be satisfying. |
| attach to the same receptor sites in the brain as | | | | And probably you will not be surprised to learn that |
| opium. | | | | ketchup contains these brain-altering chemicals, too. |
| That's why you can bite into a cheeseburger and say | | | | There is really no place for hamburgers, |
| "Ah, that's good." You feel relaxed. Nothing bothers | | | | cheeseburgers, and steak sandwiches on a |
| you. It's almost as if you had taken a tranquilizer, | | | | weight-loss diet. They're just too much for your brain |
| except that your mental powers are not numb. You | | | | to resist. Try avoiding fast food burgers and see if all |
| don't feel pain. You just taste the delicious | | | | your diet efforts don't become much, much easier. |