Andy <q> wrote:

>cybercat said...

>> "Andy" <q> wrote

>>> Yep. It wouldn't take much cheese to go over my daily limit of sat.
>>> fat.

>>> When I was fat I cheese'd just about everything except cheerios and
>>> milk!

>>> Now I'm down to an occasional slice of imported provolone.

>> What a great lifestyle change, Andy. Bet you feel pretty good. I've
>> found that it isn't hard to limit the foods that are really bad for me.
>> I just add good stuff that I really love, from the fresh fruit and
>> vegetable categories, and use a bit of cheese in dishes that are loaded
>> with healthy stuff like fresh garlic or spinach. Or both. Mozzarella is
>> one cheese that has less fat. Lots of salt, but a bit less fat.

>If you can call developing gout and diabetes a great lifestyle change, then
>I suppose so.

>There are so many foods I miss. But overall it's made me eat better.

Some possible contradictory information, which may or may not
be completely true:

Dairy is supposedly good as part of a gout diet. I have shifted
over to mostly diary-source protein and eat way more cheese than
I formerly did. It is certainly low-purine, except perhaps really
aged cheeses. From a gout perspective, cheese is preferable
to legumes or tofu as a protein source, from what I can tell.

Of course, lowfat or nonfat cheese is healthier. I now tend to
buy a lot of "Celtic Cheddar Lite" from Trader Joe's.

Steve