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Things that are good tend to taste nicer than poisons which are bitter. Fat makes things taste nicer, which is why low fat junk has so much sugar in it and hence the obesity epidemic!

Cheese is nice - yummmy
 
Robinredbreast said:
Great news, as I am a big cheese lover, all types .I had some Edam today and a small piece of Cheddar with pickle onions and chives in it:D Lovely
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Made pickled onions with Balsamic vinegar 3 weeks ago ( Cold Method and used sweetener in place of sugar) and tried one with Cheddar today, very nice.
Now on my like list:rolleyes:
 
I absolutely love cheese, and I've found that if I eat cheese and apple, it lowers my BG level and I'm currently loosing weight but still eating cheese. :)
 
carty said:
Wheat component of cheese is junk please ?
CAROL
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I don't believe it is a 'junk' food, it contains vit A, calcium, iron, vit D , some B vits and magnesium (probably small amounts of other minerals too) . For many people it is also enjoyable and that is important. As such it isn't junk.
At the same time, it is energy dense ie not many nutrients per calorie. Much of the fat is saturated so obviously there will be a debate about that (won't go into that here.) Cheese, has about 4 calories per gram.
It is all about balance, I think that it is better to eat small portions of good cheese and use my calories on other items.
The USDA data base actually suggests that 1oz (28g) of cheddar contains 114 cals of which 75 cals are 'empty'.
(slightly better than coconut oil which has 117 cal in a tablespoon and 110 of them are 'empty'
 
But @greg is still refusing to enlighten us as to why he believes it's junk (see hisn post #25...)

Robbity
 
Robbity said:
But @greg is still refusing to enlighten us as to why he believes it's junk (see hisn post #25...)

Robbity
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I'm interested to know that too Robbity.

I would never class cheese as "junk" food, it's actually very good for you as it contains many goodies for our bodies...........baffled why anyone would think it "junk" o_O
 
innilus said:
I was a bit surprised when my dietician told me to eat cheese if I was hungry but had above normal blood sugars. Turns out cheese really doesn't have that many calories for the amounts we usually eat. Not good if you've got cholesterol issues but in turns of putting weight on, fat isn't the main cause of what makes people fat. Most of the fat we eat tends to come straight back out the other end and carbohydrates are far more responsible for making us gain weight. Someone could practically live off almost nothing but sweet and sugary products without gaining weight IF they only consumed small amounts at a time or burned the energy off before it gets converted and stored.
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As has been said before, we're all different and guess what, lowering carbs affected my total cholesterol much more than cheese. I've lowered my carbs to about 80gms per day and although I haven't significantly increased my fat intake (stomach just wouldn't cope) I do eat small amounts of cheese more often than the almost total ban that existed before following the low fat malarkey. Total cholesterol 2 weeks ago, after lowering carbs, throwing the statins out the window (6 months ago) and eating more cheese was 5.4. I suppose I could stop eating cheese and see if there's a difference but I know that with increased exercise my cholesterol will drop anyway. Amazing stuff cholesterol, our bodies need it and make it because it can't rely on us consuming the stuff. In fact eating cholesterol doesn't mean you have higher cholesterol. Surrey University did some research where they got students to eat loads more eggs for 12 weeks. Result? No raised cholesterol. Amazing stuff!
 
donnelis ysdogs said:
Well, since adding more fat into my diet, and yes the majority is cheese my triglycerides have remained very low....0.5 now, my hdl remains above normal ranges and most importantly my ldl is down to 2.7.
I've only added more fat in to my diet in last 6 weeks (i think) since Phoenix explained things so clearly to me.

I know cholesterol can take 6 months to change, but already my ldl is lower...

More cheese, madam?? Yes, please is what I say!


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My trig level Is actually lower than DD.. Mine have always been low......0.28 However this time lsst year my trigs went up to just sbove 0.35 and my LDL equalled my HDL so thsts why my consultant recommended a mild dose statin.
I thought of the offending food that may have caused the cholesterol change and came up with chocolate and the odd pkt of crisps. I stopped these and cut down a bit more on the carb and only took the statin twice per week. Result...my cholesterol is now ok again.
I have a very good GP who told me a while sgo about the damzge that trans fats do to health and that in some countries they hsve been banned but not yet in the UK.
ive gone back to butter instead of the butter like margsrines and use lard instead of oils. I do like cheese but only eat small amounts. I dont drink alcohol inc wines as Ive seen the terrible damage caused to the liver and other organs
 
dawnmc said:
Tell that to the French who eat bucket loads, especially the blue cheeses and the French come pretty high on the low cholesterol scale.
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Good point! The French seem to eat a much fatter diet than us British, hence the term "French Paradox". They eat more fat than us and have less CVD (Cardio Vascular Disease). Spooky? No Ancel Keys wasn't exactly honest with his research into the relationship between eating fat and CVD, although the six points he had on his chart showing increased fat intake corresponding with increased heart disease, he's failed to put the other 16 pieces of data on the chart. A subset of any 6 points could have shown anything you like.
 
I have to eat cheese as 1. I like it 2, its carb free 3. it keeps well and 4. its cheap. When watching carbs I find I ignore watching fats and excercise more to compensate!
 
I don't like cheese much but it is good for when I'm hungry, though I do tend to eat fat free natural cottage cheese. It's a lot lower in calories, fat and salt and less than half the protein of the Cathedral City mature cheddar that OH likes. Only problem is it is higher in carbs.....100gms contains 3.9g of carbs most of which is sugars. I'm lucky that it doesn't lift my BG so no worries there for me.

Obviously we're all different but if you need to loose weight cottage cheese may be the way to go. :)
 
I'm having a cheese ommelette later ... have I read on here that eggs is bad?
 
I have eaten ore cheese in the last 3months to try to up my weight which is up by1/2 a kilo and my cholesterol has. come down :)
CAROL
 
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