Great News for Cheese Lovers

Attention cheese lovers: Cheese is good for you! Drop those old notions about the so-called dangers of saturated fat.

Cheese is chock full of heart, brain and bone-healthy nutrients that should make it a regular part of your diet.

The saturated fat and cholesterol myths have long been busted, but wildly successful and completely untrue marketing efforts still linger in the collective consciousness.

Let me try one more time: Fat is good for you. Fat is essential to the function of the human organism. Fat does not cause obesity or heart disease.

I can hear you saying, “Hmm. I don’t think that is true.”

For you, my dear skeptical readers, here are a few links to sustain this truth. If you’re hungry for more (sorry for the bad pun), try a Google search of “cholesterol myth.”

• Dr. Oz: Is Everything Your Know About Cholesterol Wrong? From Cardiologist Dr. Stephen Sinatra and Nutritional Doctor Johnny Bowden
• Cheese: A Nutritional Powerhouse that Can Help Protect Your Heart, Brain and Bones
• University of Southern Florida Professor Discusses Cholesterol, saturated fat and obesity myths
• Are Saturated Fats Really So Bad for Your Heart?

So what does make us fat? Excessive sugar and carbohydrate consumption make us fat and damage our health.

Back to the subject of cheese: Most of us love it. I’ve written before about the need for a clean foodstream, and this especially includes dairy products. Go for cheese from grass-fed cows that have not been given antibiotics or growth hormones. Also go for natural cheese that is produced by fermentation. That means Velveeta and other plastic cheese are out. If the label says “processed” or “cheese food,” stay away.

Cheese made from raw milk is best, but that is increasingly difficult to find.

Cheese is full of important nutrients, including protein and fat. One component, Vitamin K2, has recently been found to be exceptionally important to heart, brain and bine health, is an important nutrient found in cheese.

Cheese contains a synergistic combination of vitamins and minerals, including calcium, zinc, phosphorus, vitamins A, D, B2 (riboflavin) and B12. When you put calcium, Vitamin D and Vitamin K2 together, you get a potent nutrient triad scientifically proven to prevent cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis.

Cheese and meat and other animal products are the major dietary sources of CLA, conjugated linoleic acid, a powerful cancer-fighter and metabolism booster

Most people who are lactose intolerant can tolerate natural cheese because it is fermented and the lactose is almost completely eliminated in the process.