Cheese is the new poison

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For me, cheese has always been 'poison'. Having an allergy? intolerance? not to lactose but to the bacteria that 'turns' milk into cheese, yogurt, sour cream, etc. the slightest bit (like the grated cheese I discovered stuck to the bottom of the BLT I ate last week - presumably picked up from the preparation area) leaves me with 2/3 days of rumbling tummy, gas and worse. I so wish that restaurants would stop adding these cheesy things to sauces, soups, deserts and salads willy nilly and unannounced.

I don't just hate cheese - I actually FEAR it.

Oops just making cauliflower cheese for later...

Enough! Enough! I LOVE cheese and cannot eat it because it triggers migraine - boo-hoo

I'm one of those weirdos who doesn't actually like the taste of cheese...and alas, no one would describe me as skinny!

Take plenty of no notice. In a week or so there will be a book out saying that cheese is good for you. If not, you could take a look at the 'Daily Mail' website where an article pointing out that some item of foodstuff will kill you is exactly adjacent to one recommending it to live to 120.

Slimming world recommend reducing cheese consumption, i have cut right down on bread and cheese and have lost 1.5 stones. Sadly i still like the odd bite of chocolate though.

I have maintained my weight loss (and my reduced cholesterol level) for three years now, whilst eating lots of cheese of all sorts. I don't have any bread or biscuits with it though.

I dont eat cheese but am still fat!

Biker gran I remember those packets of chees and crackers sold in pubs I eaten a good few of them ? We used to get oven bottom which was about 12inch round a quarter of that with ham or cheese is yummy although haven't had one for a while .

Merlotgran it's a bread cake!

I can take or leave cheese... [and like hopeful, I too am still fat - not fair!] DH on the other hand could easily turn into an addict.
Trouble is that the prostate cancer he has LOVES it, so I try to discourage too much consumption .
Like most things, I believe that moderation is the key!

We have an old board game based on Treasure Island and I always pick Ben Gunn for my character. I adore cheese - and my latest cheese craze is for mild blue cheese with a pear and a handful of pecans or walnuts. It's good with pickled pears too if you can find them. I shall defy the US doctor. Banning something always makes me want it more.I don't use milk so I need the calcium too. I find myself pouting and scowling as I write this.

I am sure this must be for American readers primarily as I have yet to see a savoury American recipe that did not include cheese or have it on the accompanying veggies/salad

Granny23 that's interesting about the bacteria.
One of my DDs ate so much cheese that she made herself ill, facial rash, bloating etc and kept off it for months. She can now tolerate it in small amounts but certainly not every day as she used to.

When I was diagnosed as Type 2 Diabetic I was told I was only allowed a small matchbox sized piece of cheese !! That's no good for a serious cheese lover like me. When I went to visit DM in December we had a trip to Hawes to the Creamery (home of Wensleydale Cheese), it's fabulous, cheese counter is huge, little tasting pots, came home with 6 different cheeses (I had to restrain myself). On my next visit I'm going again

Cheese is the only way I get any calcium apart from 2 cups of coffee a day with a little milk. I run the risk of losing bone density due to one of my essential medications

I have a friend who lived in America for 9 years, his opinion of American cheese is unprintable

Cheese is addictive poison?! What total cr*p... But then cheese in the US is not particularly delicious - or at least the kinds we get her. It all seems to be processed, bland and fatty.

My husband has heart problems so we do use lower fat cheese now (or less of an extra mature cheddar) but we would never give it up completely. Just a small amount makes many meals so delicious...

Legs55 I never realised that diabetics were not supposed to eat cheese, is it just to keep your overall calorie intake down (I know it is very calorific) as it has little or no carbohydrate?

Jalima you mention DD's problems. I wonder if your DD has developed an intolerance to lactose, it isn't unusual? There are many lactose free products available, we tried both the milk and the mature cheddar recently when we had someone staying who could not eat lactose. Both were really absolutely fine, the mature cheddar being particularly delicious.

Well I am not going to give up my cheese. I don't have much sugar and don't eat desserts but I do love my cheese.

cc yes, She did wonder if it was lactose intolerance and she used alternatives to dairy for a couple of years and prefers oat or almond milk to dairy now anyway, but tried goat's cheese first then ordinary (cow's milk) cheese again gradually in lower amounts and is fine with it now.

American cheese is very processed. They know nothing about cheese...

Oh noooo, not another restriction, I'm a veggie - how will I survive without one of the small pleasures of life. (I'm size 12 and not worrying unduly about my weight).

You need the protein Direne3
Ignore him and his extreme views.
Just avoid American cheese!

Canadian cheese is just as awful: processed to death it's like eating plastic wrapping. I imagine it's the fat content in cheese that is the problem

In the United States, processed cheese is defined, categorized, and regulated by the Food and Drug Administration under the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 (Food and Drugs), Section 133 (Cheeses and Cheese Related Products).[7][8] Pasteurized process cheese can be made from a single cheese (solid, or powdered), or a blend of several cheeses. Cream, milk fat, water, salt, artificial color, oils (for consistency and texture), and spices may also be added. The mixture is heated with an emulsifier, poured into a mold, and allowed to cool. The definitions include:

Pasteurized process cheese, which is made from one or more cheeses (excluding certain cheeses such as cream cheese and cottage cheese but including American cheese), and which may contain one or more specified "optional ingredients" (includes both dairy and non-dairy items). Moisture not more than 41 percent; fat in the solids, not less than 49 percent.
Pasteurized process cheese food, which is made from not less than 51 percent by final weight of one or more "optional cheese ingredients" (similar to the cheeses available for pasteurized process cheese), mixed with one or more "optional dairy ingredients" (milk, whey, etc.), and which may contain one or more specified "optional ingredients" (nondairy). Moisture must be <44 percent, and fat content >23 percent.
Pasteurized process cheese spread, which is made similarly to pasteurized process cheese food but must be spreadable at 70 ° F. Moisture must be between 44-60 percent, and fat content >20 percent.

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Give me European cheese any day, especially St Agur.. delish! I won't be tempted to try any American stuff any time soon. Like their version of chocolate, it sounds awful.