cheese?

[britannia74]

Hello,
Could someone tell me what the healthiest cheeses are? My Mums on a diet and can't get by without it!!! thanks in advance,
Michelle

[allotment10]

i'm not sure about the healthiest, but i only buy vegetarian cheese, it is lower in fat and according to my hubby (who isn't a vegetarian) tastes just as good as "normal cheese", brie & cottage cheese are low in fat, but if your mum likes a strong cheese then i would recommend buying the veggie cheese, all the flavour without the animal fat, hope this helps :-)

[jiggy-gb]

What sort of diet is your mum as that will help determine what cheese would suit? Is she cutting back on calories, fat or carbs?

[allotment10]

ps: sorry forgot to mention gouda & edam cheese are relatively low in fat as well as cottage cheeses.

[Gef]

What a load of rubbish in the previous answers. The only way is to look at the label.

Vegetarian cheese can have just as much fat as 'normal' cheese. Brie is definitely not 'low fat'. All cheese contains animal fat - it is made from the milk of animals!!

Sorry jiggy - your answer was very sensible.

[Alibobs]

Most supermarkets have a section for half fat/low fat cheeses but bear in mind they still have a relatively high fat content when compared to other foodstuffs.

Personally i like Leerdammer Light - you can buy it sliced so helps with counting the calories

laughing Cow have recently ibtroduced extra light cheese spreads at 20 cals a triangle. They are OK but not a patch on the full fat version. Spread on a cream cracker it at least makes you think you are not missing out!!

[allotment10]

ooer! get off your high horse geff, i was only trying to help , a lot of my friends (when they're on diets) always go for cottage, edam,gouda or the veggie version so they don't lose the cheeses but halve the so called fat! maybe there's a web site that could help , have googled but couldn't find anything relevant... so over to you mr big head

[shaneystar2]

Asda do Lescol which ...supposedly ..has 90% less cholesterol than mature cheddar.They also do Weight Watchers cheese....half fat.To be honest they are tasteless.
I have been following a low fat low cholesterol diet now since January and to be honest much as I love cheese would rather go without than eat this muck.
Cheese is OK in moderation and a piece of cheese ..matchbox size.... a couple of times a week is OK. Not much consolation but better than nothing.Cheese is one of the fattiest foods you can eat ..so it's grin and bear it really !!

[Gef]

Mr big head here. Alotment, why do you think that veggie cheese is low calorie? It's made with the same milk but with vegeterian rennet. Edam and gouda are full fat cheeses and all cheeses are made from animal fat.

[sam+3]

laughing cow, weight watchers are both low fat cream cheese but weight watchers also do a hard fat cheese, hoope that is of some help

[allotment10]

so my poor friends have been deluding themselves all this time on thier diets, (haha) as for me, i buy veggie cheese (not because i diet ) just cause it made me feel better concerning the animal side of it,but now you've put me off it, so thank you for enlightening me mr big'ed i stand corrected! :-)

[Ethel]

As a cheese lover myself, I think the best thing your Mum could do is buy her usual favourite cheeses, but eat less of them.

This will satisfy her cravings for cheese.

[Gef]

Allotment, I was not trying to put you (or anybody else) off cheese but just trying to clarify a few things.

I love cheese but tend to eat it only on special occasions - real cheese from a cheese shop with some nice wine. Unfortunately I am not exactly slim and so prefer a little of the good stuff occasionally.

Enjoy your cheese - whatever you choose.

[britannia74]

Hello,
Thank-you so much for all your responses, you have helped me a great deal and given my Mum plenty to think about,
Thank-you

[allotment10]

ok gef, sorry i called you mr big'ed (:-\
never tasted real cheese from a cheese shop and with wine! cheers :-)

[Gef]

No proiblem allotment. I still enjoy a bit of "ordinary cheddar" on toast now and then. As for "Mr Big 'ed", I quite like it - think I might change my AB name - lol.

[allotment10]

nice one gef, glad we're still friends x