Cheese Calories

August 27, 2008

Since cheese comes from milk, it has similar nutrition values. This means usually a high level of cheese calories that come mainly from fat. On the other hadn you do “good” things from milk and cheese like calcium and protein.

Just so you get an idea of how the fat affects the amount of cheese calories, read carefully these figures:

In a single slice of “real cheddar” (1 oz) you get 113 calories. 73% out of those cheese calories come from fat! That’s over 80 calories and that’s a lot. Other cheese fat percentage might vary, so you need to check it out very closely if you don’t want to find yourself eating fat calories instead of cheese calories. A good idea would be to eat white, soft and fresh cheeses. They are usually low in fat, have less cheese calories and their taste is very refreshing.

You should also remember that cheese is used as an extra or topping for salads, potatoes and other dishes. It is best that you stick to your diet and don’t add those cheese calories to what you eat. It’s not worth it.

Here are some cheese calories info that you can use (amount of calories per 3.5oz of cheese):

• American Chedder = 239 cheese calories
• Cheddar Cheese = 403 cheese calories
• Colby Cheese = 394 cheese calories
• Cottage, creamed = 103 cheese calories
• Cottage, 1% milk fat = 72 cheese calories
• Feta Cheese = 264 cheese calories
• Mozzarella, whole milk = 300 cheese calories
• Mozzarella, non fat = 149 cheese calories