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mattyoung

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Can anyone recomend a low fat cheese that doesn't look or taste like rubber? I'm an overweight T2 taking insulin, who has given up all his foody sins, but miss cheese the most.
 
Cheese is not as unhealthy as people think - I would miss it!

i tell my clients to have about one and half oz of cheese 2-3 times over a week . So small portions but better than rubber. Actually if you grate it you will trick your brain into thinking its more tha that!
 
I'm with Ally here.

Can't think of a good reason to eat low fat cheese when the proper stuff tastes so much more, well, cheesy. And it will do you no harm at all. The point is, it will do little to effect your blood sugar levels and that's the most important thing, isn't it?


All the best,

fergus
 
Hi Sue,

I'm not convinced that calories are that important, to be honest. If insulin is the fat-building hormone, then foods with a low insulin response are far less responsible for weight gain than foods with a high insulin response. Therefore, cheese which is naturally high in fat is actually far less likely to induce weight gain than alternatives which are lower in fat, but higher in starches or sugars.

I like me cheese, Gromit!

All the best,

fergus
 
fergus - if you do not think calories are important you should see some of the food diaries I have - they are mind blowing in terms of calories!!!
 
ally5555 said:
fergus - if you do not think calories are important you should see some of the food diaries I have - they are mind blowing in terms of calories!!!
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The never to be forgotten comment(made by someone supposed to be on a reducing diet,"Never mind the beef,just give me the tatties and butter!"
 
sue - I could write a book on the silly things I have heard but still think the best one is from a man! who tried to grill an egg and he was shocked when it fell thro the grill!!
 
I actually have grilled eggs! but you have to put it on a plate.Of course because you don't use fat etc you have a heck of a job getting it off the plate but it tasted OK.
 
Hi The best I have found is classed as a cheese alternative (but don't be put off!) and is called LESKOL and is way better than any of the half fat ones I have tried . Tescos and Waitrose both stock it so I guess the others may do too.
HTH
troubr
 
have you tried low-fat camembert? it's available, or at least it was a few years ago, in Marks and Waitrose. Possibly even Tesco's.
 
I love all cheeses (except the low-fat ones). It's a yearly ritual with us that when the Eurovision Song Contest is shown we have a few nibbles, whilst we titter away at Terry Wogan's commentary.
Last night we shared a Camembert cheese, baked in it's box in the oven (you take the paper wrapper off, re-wrap it in foil, plonk it back in the box and put it on a high heat in the oven until it just starts to melt). I served ours with fresh apple slices, carrot sticks and cucumber sticks. Mmmm. It is ten times preferable to low-fat cheese and as a rare treat, I think, quite acceptable.
 
No, after last nights rubbish show, NOT watching Eurovision is quite acceptable, Sue. :D Sadly, Eurovision has now reached a point where it's not about the best song and even I gave up on last night. I shall not be tuning in next year. Bring back Katie Boyle and unpolitical voting, that's what I say!!
 
I love cheese and would not give it up for anyone but i get the eurovison inflicted on meevry year my husband love,s it he has watched evry year since he was 10 he is 46 now t just pay to be on shift when its on :roll: :roll: :roll:
Wendie
 
My own experience seems to demonstrate that calories DO matter.

I've recently reduced my carb intake quite substantially (although I'm not low-carbing by any means) and over the last two years managed to lose 5 stone. I'm now attempting to maintain my weight and so have introduced additional nuts and seeds to increase my calorie intake without going back to the major post meal blood sugar spikes I used to have on a high carb diet.

I managed to gain 2 kg over Christmas, and another 2 kg while on holiday, so have recently been trying to lose again, without much success. I decided to count calories on a good day, and found I was simply eating too many, and the biggest single source of calories was the nuts and seeds I was eating.

I have now cut in half the amount of seeds (ground flaxseeds on breakfast, whole seeds on salad at lunch) I'm eating, and hey presto, in the last two weeks the weight has begun to drop off again!
 
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