Changing Your Cheese Choices
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is urging people to help their hearts by making healthier cheese choices:

1) Order your pizza with half the regular amount of cheese. And avoid cheese-stuffed-crust pizzas, which have an extra layer of cheese between two crusts.

2) Order your sandwiches and burgers without cheese. Adding cheese to a McDonald's Quarter Pounder or a Burger King Whopper adds an extra five grams of saturated fat -- about one-fourth of your daily allowance.

4) If you have to have cheese on your sandwiches, choose lite or reduced-fat cheese. Use low-fat mozzarella or Italian cheeses in your homemade dishes like lasagna or ravioli.

5) Limit yourself to two ounces of full-fat cheese each week. Doing so would cut more than four grams of saturated fat each day from your diet.

6) Parmesan and Romano cheeses are just as fatty as other cheeses, but they're so flavorful, a little goes a long way -- and that means you're eating less saturated fat.

J. McKim

This is such an important issue Bev..it is unbelivable how much fat cheese has in it..and many times we arent aware of it..the idea of cutting back half on a pizza is a great tip..also I read about blotting the grease off the top before you eat it..akkk....maybe we shouldnt be eating something we have to blot grease off??? 8-} Im thinking if someone eats alot of cheese, they could lose alot just by giving that up..like the things I like to say to someone just starting out..give up cheese, reg sodas, reg salad dressing and mayo and switch to non fat milk and that is half the battle right there...thanx for the tips! :)

[ 06-26-2001: Message edited by: sooz ]

Bev....thanks for that great reminder about cheese. I have started to ask for half the cheese when ordering omelets and things at restaurants. I always hope they do it since the item still appears to have plenty of cheese.

Debbi

Bev,

I usually skip the cheese completely and I miss it sometimes. I never thought of asking for half as much.

Thanks

Karolyn

Is melted cheese better than cold cheese because the grease comes out and you can take it off? I like melted cheese a lot better than any kind of cold cheese. :)
And I'll have to remember not to order stuffed crust! Next time we go get pizza I'm going to get a salad tho. They have really yummy crutons at my favorite pizza place! :o)

Fox, I dont think melted cheese would be considered better than cold cheese. Cheese is sooooo high in fat. And it is the "bad" kind of fat. You would be amazed. One OUNCE of reg cheese has about 110 calories and NINE grams of fat. A gram of fat has 9 calories so of that one ounce of cheese 81 calories or about 75% is FAT. Cutting down on cheese is one of the easiest ways to cut calories..having a hamburger instead of a cheeseburger makes a big difference!!!! :)

wow sooz, I had no idea cheese was THAT bad.
Well cheese isn't too much of a problem for me, I probably only eat cheese 3 times a month or so because I'm very picky and I only like a few kinds of cheese. Also I don't eat either cheeseburgers or hamburgers because I don't eat red meat :) and I think burgers are the second most disgusting food in the world, second only to steak