Cheese is one of the fattiest foods you can eat, and it's also high in unhealthy saturated fats. However, it also adds calcium, flavor, and satiety to your meals. Both of these cheeses are rich in flavor. Feta, a soft cheese, usually tops Greek salads and pastas. Cheddar also goes great on salad, sandwiches, and by itself. Which cheesy delight will set you back the fewest calories and fat? The Winner: Feta! ![]() A 1-ounce serving of feta cheese provides 80 calories and 6 grams of fat. This makes it a better choice than cheddar, which contains 120 calories and 10 grams of fat per serving. Next time you're about to top a salad with cheddar, think again! Try to choose low-fat or fat-free cheeses whenever possible. A fat-free serving of cheddar is much healthier than its full-fat counterpart, with only 45 calories and less than half a gram of fat.
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That really wasn't my point, to just bash this cheese info.
My point is that it's not all about JUST fat and calroies.
Your body can handle a little natural fat. In fact, it needs some.
Your body does not need, and cannot handle sugar.
Sugar is what makes people fat. Report
For example, a Snickers bar has only 45% of its calories from fat, while an avocado has 70% calories from fat.
But would we argue that that makes the Snickers bar healthier?
Furthermore, flavored "low fat" yogurt is generally worse for you than regular yogurt because all the added sugar that they put in low fat yogurt is MUCH worse for you than having a little natural milkfat in the regular yogurt. (Note: this goes for FLAVORED yogurt...not plain.)
OK - Sorry to sound SO critical. I'm not saying this info on cheese is 100% useless. I just think that people are SO misled by constantly hearing that it's all about fat and calories. It's not. People being unaware of how bad sugar is for them (and it's in SO many "diet," "light," and "low fat" products) is in great part responsible for the obesity and diabetes epidemics we are now experiencing. Report
When I decided I needed to lose weight, I knew I could never ever give up cheese. Instead, I opted to reduce my portion sizes. Take your pick, feta, goat, cheddar, gouda, stilton, gorganzola, etc... there is nothing like a nice aged cheese. Report
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