Cheese anyone????

I'm three weeks out and my plan calls for low fat cheddar cheese which is 0g of fat, but all the stores carry reduced fat--can I have reduced fat?  It's only 1g of sugar, 5 g of protein, 1 carb, but 4.5 g of fat.  

I've never seen 0% cheddar cheese. Low fat cheese is like cheese made from 2% milk. But it will have more than 2% fat. As long as your body can tolerate the cheese - it probably be fine. The only way to know is to try some.

I was always told to go with the low-fat options not No fat. Tooo many other things put in fat free to make it taste good. I am three years out and eat cheese on everything. It always has been my protein additive. Mostly low fat but sometimes just regular.

 

Audra

Reduced fat is fine. I don't think there is such a thing as cheese with 0g fat. If there was I'm sure I would have come across it by now. lol

I've seen no fat cheese at Kroger. It has NO taste at all! I would do reduced fat or skip it. Just a waste of money. It's rubbery and disgusting imo.

I did some research online and found out that Kraft makes some 0 fat cheese but if it has no taste, I think I will try reduced fat.

 

I would never ever recommend that someone go against their surgeon or nut's advice.....

But having said that, artificially low-fat and no-fat food is often disgusting, often filled with chemicals and often puffed up with added sugar for taste.  I ate full-fat everything for the past year and did just fine (the numbers don't lie, LOL). 

The only thing I count is carbs/sugar/protein, and I stop eating when I feel full.

Of course if your pouch is sensitive to fat (as some are), all bets are off....

Audrey

ETA: and protein

 

I agree 100% on the disgusting low-fat/no-fat stuff.  Especially on something like cheese.  The only thing that I can think of that I buy that is no fat is Greek yogurt.  I buy full fat cheese, PB, mayo, etc.  I use real butter, drink 1% or 2% milk, and when I want ice cream would much rather have just a large spoonful of full fat full sugar Haagen Dazs than a much larger amount of something icy rather than creamy or something artificial that turns into a gelatinous slime when it melts!

Most of my diet, though, is fairly low fat, so using 2 TB of real mayo for an entire can of tuna (which lasts about 3 meals for me), or using 2TB of real peanut butter occasionally, isn't a big deal. I don't count fat (or anything besides protein), but I also don't eat fried foods or really high fat items because too much fat bothers my system more than too much sugar.

Five years out and it works for me.

Lora

I also have never seen completely fat free cheese.  By its nature, cheese has fat. Your body NEEDS some fat in order to function properly (and to avoid constipation and really dry skin), so a serving of cheese with less than 5g of fat shouldn't be a problem at all, especially since the rest of your diet is, I'm sure, very low fat.

Lora