Is Cottage Cheese Keto Or Are You Just Kidding Yourself?
By GymTonic Editorial · Nutrition
If you’re keto, one of the foods that likely attracted you to the diet is cheese. (I don't blame you.) Dairy is, typically speaking, a good, low-carb source of fat to help you get and stay in ketosis. But if you're a fan of a particular subtype of cheese—that soft, creamy-meets-chunky hybrid called cottage cheese—you might be wondering if it makes the keto cut.
It's a good question, since cottage cheese is in its own lane when it comes to how it stacks up against harder, aged cheeses. And it's also long been a go-to breakfast or snack for people on all kinds of diets, since it's traditionally nutritious and fairly low-calorie. But again...is it keto? Here's the dealio.
What exactly is cottage cheese, anyway?
“Cottage cheese is a fresh cheese in which acid is added to milk, causing the milk solids to form into pieces, leaving the whey behind as liquid,” says Jen Bruning, MS, RDN, LDN, a registered dietitian nutritionist and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics.
“Other fresh cheeses are similar, some with more liquid strained out or the solids compressed,” adds Bruning. “Aged cheeses like cheddar or Parmesan are quite different; cottage cheese is meant to be eaten in a shorter time frame and has a very different texture than aged cheeses.”
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