% of Calories From Fat
Regular Milk 47
Low-Fat 30
Skim (Nonfat) 2
• As you can see, regular milk is high in fat. But because milk is such a good source of dietary calcium, I tell my patients to drink skim milk (if they have no intolerance to it).
• Many adults can’t drink milk because they have what is known as lactose intolerance. They lack an enzyme called lactase, which digests lactose (milk sugar).
• Cheese is made from milk. The type of milk used to make the cheese determines how fatty the cheese will be. Most common cheeses are made from regular milk. Because cheese has much less water than milk, the percent of calories from fat in cheese is much higher than in milk.
% of Calories From Fat
Cheddar 71
Swiss 67
Blue (Roquefort) 73
Parmesan 58
Cottage cheese, Creamed 35
• Hoop cheese (also know as farmer’s cheese) is a very low-fat cheese made from skim milk. It gets only about 3 percent of its calories from fat.
• If you like yogurt, eat the unsalted nonfat skim milk type. Or you can easily make your own nonfat yogurt.
• Dairy products provide no fiber.
• Here are some nonfat and low-fat cheeses:
Nonfat Cheeses
Ricotta (all skim milk)
Washed Cottage-Cheese Curd
Fromage Blanc (white cheese, French) Very Low-Fat Cheeses
Fromage Fort (Canquillote)
Gammelost (Blue Mold)
Bakers
Danish Export
Moderately Low-Fat Cheeses Feta (imported) Mozzerella Edam Danbo Tybo Jarlsburg
Farmers (German) Sap Sago St. Otho
Finnish Jack Parmesan Imported Swiss Neufchatel Port du Salut
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