Low Fat Cheese

[pibikay]

Low fat cheese is in the recommended list.My doubt is is low fat goat cheese OK. as it contains saturated fatty oils.

[ElaineM]

Do cheese packages have nutritional information in your country? You could compare the fat content while shopping or do an online comparison on a good nutrition site for the different brands in your country. I suppose you have to weigh the benefits of calcium, vitamin D and other nutrients against the not so good information about fat.
I save cheese for an occassional treat.
Happy Eating !!

[ElaineM]

I thought of you and Hema today when I watched the Dr. Oz show Pibikay, because cheese was discussed.
According to Dr. William Li of the Angiogenesis Foundation hard cheeses like Edam, Swiss and Gouda help to stop cancer from spreading, because they contain fair amounts of vitamin K2.
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/secret-weapon-fight-cancer
You would still need to find out the fat content of these cheeses, because Dr.Li did not discuss that aspect.
I decided to find out what foods contain vitamin K2 and found these links.
1. http://www.livestrong.com/article/353239-foods-rich-in-vitamin-k2/
2. http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=112
It seems fermented foods like hard cheese and natto have vitamin K2, but some people might not want to eat natto, because it is fermented whole soy beans. I however, enjoy a little natto with rice occassionally. I got used to it when I lived in Japan. I will try to stick to the hard cheeses suggested by Dr. Li for an occassional treat too.
Perhaps Tanya would like to share her opinion on this subject too.

[Jackie07]

Thanks, PBK and Elaine. Besides the useful links Elaine has provided

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/secre...n-fight-cancer (http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/secre...n-fight-cancer), and
1. http://www.livestrong.com/article/35...in-vitamin-k2/ (http://www.livestrong.com/article/353239-foods-rich-in-vitamin-k2/)
2. http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?t...rient&dbid=112 (http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?t...rient&dbid=112) ,

below is a TED video clip of Dr. Li's speech on Angiogenesis last year:

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hans/william_li.html (http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/chi_hans/william_li.html)

[TanyaRD]

I generally recommend cheese with caution due to the saturated fat content. However, it is an excellent source of protein and calcium. I do recommend low fat or reduced fat cheeses and they are certainly more palatable than they used to be when they first came out. Portion sizes are very important even with low fat/reduced fat cheese because the saturated fat still adds up quickly. I am familiar with the benefits of Vit K2 in osteoporosis but the preliminary research presented by Dr. Oz was new information for me. Like so many foods, it is likely that cheese offers some anti-cancer benefit but in this case I don't believe more is necessarily better.

[ElaineM]

Thanks Tanya and Jackie. I really believe that we can influence the outcome of our health problems by what we eat, how we exercise and to some extend improve our environment.
I found a good source for nutritional information about cheese.
http://nutritiondata.self.com/foods-cheese001000000000000000000.html
Just click on the name of the cheese you are interested in and the nutritional data, including the fat content will appear.

[Rich66]

I thought dairy was thought to contribute to inflammation cascade..
Guess I'll have to look at the cheesey links above..sitting here in Wisconsin ;)

[Jackie07]

A retrospective research done in Europe last year concluded cheese is good for cancer patient:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20335553

[ElaineM]

Good link Jackie. Thanks.
Rich, the link I included to find out the fat content of cheese also has information on the inflammatory levels of the food, so we can choose a low fat cheese with some vitamin K that has a relatively low inflammatory factor.

[pibikay]

Thanks Jackie.Somehow I missed it earlier