Cheese Is Bad? No!Cheese May Improve Your HDL Levels

Cheese is a tasty ingredient that is commonly found in many of our favorite foods. Unfortunately these foods, often not including a range of healthy food nutrition expert recommendations. In fact, the latest news from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition said that, the cheese is not the food that should be avoided. In this study, researchers pooled the results of nearly 140 adults who completed the trial cheese for 12 weeks. To examine more deeply, how full-fat cheese affects each person differently. Researchers divided the people into three groups studied.

The first group ate 80 grams (approximately three servings) full-fat cheese each day. The second group ate the same amount, but with a reduced fat content. While the third group did not eat the cheese altogether and focus only on carbohydrates with jam. At a glance, we might assume eat three servings of full-fat cheese each day will interfere with diet and produce diseases such as blockage of the arteries and cholesterol levels rise. But it turns out, researchers found the opposite results from our assumptions.

Full-fat cheese eaters, no change in LDL (low density lipoprotein or bad cholesterol). Fat cheese eaters also did not experience an increase in insulin, blood sugar and triglyceride levels. Their blood pressure and waist circumference, also did not change.

The fact that the consumption of fat does not make gaining weight is not too surprising, given the general news circulated that fat is often reported as unhealthy foods, while sugar is equally dangerous to health. The surprising thing of this study is that eating cheese helps improve levels of HDL (High Density Lipoprotein, alias healthy cholesterol). The results of this study together with previous research that found drinking full fat milk is better than drinking low-fat milk.

In addition, the study also found eating full-fat cheese is not detrimental to heart health, but also provide protection against cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, the two biggest killers of women in the US according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Research also found eating bread and jam on the other side do not get benefits like eating cheese.

After all the cheese that high-calorie foods. The key is to consume with the portion that is not excessive. You can enjoy some cheddar cheese slices, or grate a little cheese to a salad or pasta.

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