Addicting subtances in Milk

rischott · Post by **rischott** » Wed 22 Mar 2006 02:35

What are the products in milk that are addicting?

Are the opioid peptides (beta-casomorphins, alpha-caseïn exorphins, casoxins, beta-casorphins, alpha-lactorphins, beta-lactorphins and lactaferroxins) the addicting substances since opium is addicting by nature? Or are there others?

YouTube · Post by **RRM** » Wed 22 Mar 2006 18:48

Exactly these are the addictive opioid peptides indeed.

Post by **Kasper** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 14:36

What is the biological reason of these addicting substances?

YouTube · Post by **RRM** » Fri 11 Jun 2010 18:45

To get the suckling 'addicted' to the mothers milk,
so that it will drink enough, which increases its survival chances.

Post by **Kasper** » Sat 12 Jun 2010 14:46

I guess that in human milk are also addictive substances, are they also hard to digest proteins ?

YouTube · Post by **RRM** » Sat 12 Jun 2010 18:42

Probably, yes.