Organic Cheese Is A Health Food

Organic Cheese Is A Health Food

Cheese has been derided because of its saturated fat content, but the saturated fat myth has come under increasing scrutiny, and cheese may be seeing a revival.

Many recent studies into the health effects of cheese have come to healthy conclusions. Joanna Maricato, an analyst at New Nutrition Business, said recently.

“Nutritional science, like all sciences, is constantly evolving. In the past, studies focused on analyzing individual nutrients and their effects on the body. Now, there is a growing tendency to look at foods and food groups as a whole, without pre-judgments based on their content of an individual content of an individual nutrient. As a consequence, amazing results are appearing from studies on dairy and particularly cheese, proving that the combination of nutrients in cheese has many promising health benefits that were never considered in the past.”

Cheese not “Cheese Food”, especially when made from the milk of grass-pastured animals is an excellent source of several important nutrients, including:

1. High-quality protein and amino acids
2. High-quality saturated fats and omega-3 fats
3. Vitamins and minerals, including calcium, zinc, phosphorus, vitamins A, D, B2 (riboflavin), and B12
4. Vitamin K2 (highest amounts can be found in Gouda, Brie, Edam. Other cheeses with lesser but significant levels of K2: Cheddar, Colby, hard goat cheese, Swiss, and Gruyere)
5. CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), a powerful cancer-fighter and metabolism booster

Even for lactose intolerant consumers there are many cheeses that can likely be tolerated, as most of the lactose is removed during the cheese making process.

There is a Key difference between natural cheese and processed “Cheese Foods.”

Natural cheese is a simple fermented dairy product made with just a few basic ingredients: milk, starter culture, salt and an enzyme called rennet. Salt is a crucial ingredient for flavor, ripening, and preservation.

You can tell a natural cheese by its label, which will state the name of the cheese variety, such as “cheddar cheese,” “blue cheese,” or “brie.”

Real Organic cheese also requires refrigeration. Processed cheese or “Cheese Food” is different. These products are typically pasteurized and otherwise adulterated with a variety of additives that detract from their nutritional value.

The indication on the label is the word “pasteurized.”

A lengthier list of ingredients is another way to distinguish processed cheese from the real thing. Velveeta, from Kraft-Heinz Co. (NASDAQ:KHC) is an example, with additives like sodium phosphate, sodium citronate, and various coloring agents, and most do not require refrigeration.

So, be it Velveeta, Cheese Whiz, squeeze cheese, spray cheese, or some others, these are not real cheeses and have no real food value.

Raw cheese from pasture-raised animals is best

Ideally, the cheese you consume should be Organic, and made from the milk of grass-fed animals raised on pasture, not grain-fed or soymeal-fed animals confined to feedlot stalls.

The biologically appropriate diet for cows is grass, but 90% of standard grocery store cheeses are made from the milk of cows raised in confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs).

Not only does raw cheese have a richer flavor than cheese made from pasteurized milk, as heat destroys enzymes and good bacteria that add flavor to the cheese, grass-fed dairy products are also nutritionally superior:

Cheese made from the milk of grass-fed cows (Organic) has the ideal omega-6 to omega-3 fat ratio of 2:1. By contrast, the omega-6 to omega-3 ratio of grain-fed milk is heavily weighted on the side of omega-6 fats (25:1), which are already excessive in the standard American diet.

Grass-fed dairy combats inflammation in your body, whereas grain-fed dairy contributes to it.

Organic grass-fed cheese contains about 5X the CLA of grain-fed cheese.

Because Organic raw cheese is not pasteurized, natural enzymes in the milk are preserved, increasing its nutritional punch.

Grass-fed cheese is considerably higher in calcium, magnesium, beta-carotene, and vitamins A, C, D, and E.

Organic grass-fed cheese is free of antibiotics and growth hormones.

I have real Cheese in my diet daily.

Eat healthy, Be healthy, and have a terrific weekend.

HeffX-LTN

Paul Ebeling

The post Organic Cheese Is A Health Food appeared first on Live Trading News.