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Lower Cholesterol Naturally With Cheese

Go gourmet? Skip fat-free? You won't believe this deliciously healthy news about cheese!

From Reader's Digest

Eating cheese can be heart healthy. Women who ate a serving a day (about the size of four dice) had higher HDL (good cholesterol) and lower LDL (bad) than those who ate less, according to a study at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Men didn't reap the same benefits, possibly because they tend to pick cheeses with more saturated fat and salt.

To please your palate and your heart:

Stick to part-skim. Slimmed-down versions of mozzarella, Cheddar, and other cheeses have less saturated fat but just as much taste -- and you don't have to sacrifice good-for-your-arteries calcium and essential fatty acids.

Skip fat-free products. Most are loaded with sodium to make up for lost flavor, and the texture's often rubbery.

Go gourmet. Specialty cheeses are high in fat -- but their intense flavors are satisfying, so you can more easily stick to a small serving.

Comments :

By Lane W., 08/13/2009, 8:25 PM EDT

A lot of my protein comes from cheese. I love it. I wish the low fat varieties were easier to find.

By sunfun, 01/21/2009, 1:25 PM EST

this is great news since I am a cheese lover!