Why do some people on here say that cheese is unhealthy???

I love cheese but it's my downfall - so I had to cut it out at first to get on track and swapped it for the philly extra lite. I do have it occasionally.

(or I would except that allthough there was a big lump of scottish cheddar in the fridge my charming youngest son instead chose to take my neatly grided low fat cheese all marked out in 30g portions and grate the lot for an omlette) so now only got the full fat stuff looking all seductive and appealing when I open the fridge - hussy!

I absolutely love cheese. Fresh mozz with tom basil a little parsley garlic balsamic yumm. Trisquits with cheddar. Feta on spinach spinach salad. Tonights dinner chicken stuffed with feta & bacon. YUMMY.

The saturated fat in dairy has been linked to increased risk of disease.

once again source? if you are going to quote something like this - no offense but back it up

I didn't quote anything, I answered the OP's question.

I don't owe you or anyone a source and the tone of your reply suggests you are unwilling to listen to any opinion other than your own. Since everyone on here has Google I don't see why you can't find this stuff yourself, but here a few.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/fats-full-story/index.html#the-bottom-line
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/healthy-eating-cutting-unhealthy-fats-from-your-diet#
http://www.pcrm.org/search/?cid=252
http://www.ajcn.org/content/86/4/929.abstract
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/dairy-free-dairy-6-reason_b_558876.html

If all you ate was cheese, it's UNHEALTHY!
In moderation, it's a tasty addition to any fabulous meal.
Life is to be lived :drinker:

The saturated fat in dairy has been linked to increased risk of disease.

once again source? if you are going to quote something like this - no offense but back it up

I didn't quote anything, I answered the OP's question.

I don't owe you or anyone a source and the tone of your reply suggests you are unwilling to listen to any opinion other than your own. Since everyone on here has Google I don't see why you can't find this stuff yourself, but here a few.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/fats-full-story/index.html#the-bottom-line
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/healthy-eating-cutting-unhealthy-fats-from-your-diet#
http://www.pcrm.org/search/?cid=252
http://www.ajcn.org/content/86/4/929.abstract
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/dairy-free-dairy-6-reason_b_558876.html

Not all saturated fats are unhealthy though. The fat in an avocado for example is very heart health and its a type of saturated fat!

http://www.chacha.com/question/does-dairy-slow-down-your-metabolism

This looks like a very reliable source...feel free to use it as a reference :bigsmile:

Reliable source? um yeah not like this came from NIH or anything. I would NOT consider this a source to back that up. NEXT!

oh and btw it only said LOW fat cheese (we last I knew were talking about cheese in general) but yet again not a reliable source not quoting any studies.

Love the mob mentality here. Let's beat up on someone who can't justify their statement with scientific evidence and expend energy on berating them . It's clearly more statisfying to the self righteous here to entertain and gang up on one misguided individual than to stay on topic.

"Mob mentality" or the "wisdom of crowds"? I prefer to think the latter, but I'm guessing you disagree (fair enough :drinker: )

I love cheese, but my digestive system does not. I've become lactose intolerant in my mid-life years, so I need to really watch how much I eat. I do have to have it on my pizza when I indulge though! My cousin in Wisconsin always sends us a ton of cheese each year. I love it so much, but just can't eat it. He doesn't understand at all - cheese is at the top of the Wisconsin food pyramid!

Oddly, I barely ever ate cheese and never bought it until I started changing my diet and met someone who is a big cheese lover.
I have found I really like feta, mozarella, stilton and this blue agur or somesuch. I also like fruited wensleydales around christmas time when you get some really nice varieties. But I am never inclined to eat lots of cheese, so it has not been an issue for me in that sense. I have a chunk in the evening, and find it really filling.

Doh! I wish I'd know that cheese slows your metabolism before I ate that cheese & onion omelette for dinner.

now I've got to eat breakfast to speed it up again.

I've read a couple of comments recently on here that have flat out said cheese is a "naughty" food and "unhealthy". I understand the argument for American cheese since it's processed, but fresh cheese is considered unhealthy? Enlighten me, because outside of it being a calorie dense food (as are nuts, but people don't consider that unhealthy), I don't see the problem.

The only reason I'm even questioning it is because when I saw those comments, no one disputed their claim so it has me wondering if my thought process towards cheese is incorrect.

Edit: I'm not referring to people on a low fat diet. I understand their reason for not wanting cheese. I'm referring to people who eat a moderate or high level of fat.

I was just arguing about fats in another thread with someone who's replying on this one and this is what they had to say.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/fats-and-cholesterol/index.html

"Good" fats—monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats—lower disease risk. "Bad" fats—saturated and, especially, trans fats—increase disease risk. Foods high in good fats include vegetable oils (such as olive, canola, sunflower, soy, and corn), nuts, seeds, and fish. Foods high in bad fats include red meat, butter, cheese, and ice cream, as well as processed foods made with trans fat from partially hydrogenated oil. The key to a healthy diet is to choose foods that have more good fats than bad fats—vegetable oils instead of butter, salmon instead of steak—and that don’t contain any trans fat.

I replied not exactly, but apparently I'm wrong according to the person who posted this because someone in Harvard wrote it. And apparently everyone in Harvard thinks of every variable imaginable.

I think something being 'good' for you really depends on the rest of your diet. Cutting one thing out of someones diet may make one person feel terrific, and another feel terrible because they suddenly lack something in their diet. For example, trans fat occurs sparingly in nature (dairy for example), but there's a lot of it in processed foods these days. You could stop eating it all including milk and cheese, but what if that's where you get all your calcium? You could cut out red meat, but what if that's where you're getting your iron? What if you cut out these fats because they're evil and now your diet is low in fats. Most vegetable nutrients are fat soluble.

Love the mob mentality here. Let's beat up on someone who can't justify their statement with scientific evidence and expend energy on berating them . It's clearly more statisfying to the self righteous here to entertain and gang up on one misguided individual than to stay on topic.

"Mob mentality" or the "wisdom of crowds"? I prefer to think the latter, but I'm guessing you disagree (fair enough :drinker: )

I do disagree. That poster clearly couldn't produce the scientific evidence and clinical trials required, yet people still berate her instead of casually ignoring and moving on. Some even replied why disclaiming her post doesn't dignify a response. The forum mentality really is a huge slap in the face of all the great things mfp does so well as a community.

eat whatever you want, just stay under your calories for the day.

Well it's high in sat fat so I guess if you have a high cholesterol then it wouldn't be too good, but if you haven't and it's part of a balanced diet I really don't think it's the enemy.

I didn't quote anything, I answered the OP's question.

I don't owe you or anyone a source and the tone of your reply suggests you are unwilling to listen to any opinion other than your own. Since everyone on here has Google I don't see why you can't find this stuff yourself, but here a few.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/fats-full-story/index.html#the-bottom-line
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/healthy-eating-cutting-unhealthy-fats-from-your-diet#
http://www.pcrm.org/search/?cid=252
http://www.ajcn.org/content/86/4/929.abstract
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/dairy-free-dairy-6-reason_b_558876.html

^^THIS