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This may sound cheesy, but cheese is delicious.
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There are so many types to choose from, anddifferent varietiesof it.
Along with eating cheese with self-control,certain cheeses are worse for you than others.
If you’re watching your weight, cheese can play an important role in your diet.
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However, it depends on which cheeses you eat.
According toMedical News Today,processed cheesesare cheeses made from natural stuff.
However, they are shredded and heated to aliquified substanceof protein, water, and oil.
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These mixtures are used to create cheeses that solidify and essentially have a longer shelf life.
According to theAmerican Heart Association, you are suggested to eat three servings per day of cheese per day.
One serving is 1.5 ounces, so you’re free to eat about 4.5 servings a day.
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Eating a ton of processed cheese could set you way over the limit for the day.
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Therefore, certainprepackaged single cheesesmight be able to get by in this category.
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You also want to ensure that the ingredients list is short and sweet.
The more ingredients you see, the more product and unnatural the cheese.
Similarly, you also want to ensure these cheese slices contain low levels of fat and sodium.
If a cheese single does say it’slow fat, double-check the ingredients.
If it has things like corn syrup solids and gelatin, in it, don’t buy it.
According toBloomberg, the USDA won’t define nacho cheese, therefore not classifying it as cheese.
Every company that creates nacho cheese sauces and/or nacho-flavored snack foods uses a different recipe and cheese combination.
It can be mixtures of cheddar, Romano, blue cheese…whatever their recipe calls for.
Is a mystery cheese your best option?
Spray cheese
Think of whipped cream in a can, but make it cheese.
Easy Cheese is the most popular brand, although few brands make cheese in a can.
It is indeed easy, but you deal with the consequences of processed cheese.
High in sodium, this cheese comes with a bunch ofunnatural ingredientsto sustain its shelf life.
The cheese is pasteurized, meaning it doesn’t require refrigeration (even after you open it).
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