Want to lose weight and get healthy at the same time? Cottage cheese diets have been around for decades, usually in the form of "3 day diets". However, cottage cheese is a valuable addition to any weight loss program: it’s packed with protein and calcium ensuring that you get great nutrition for minimal calories.
1. Cottage Cheese for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
If you’re on a weight-loss diet, consider adding cottage cheese to your meals.
You can use cottage cheese as a replacement for any form of protein. In addition you can eat it at any time as a snack: it makes a low-calorie treat.
If you want to incorporate cottage cheese to your breakfast menus here are some tips. Cottage cheese is very bland, so it mixes well in smoothies. If you’re making a banana smoothie with skim milk, add a tablespoon of cottage cheese to bulk up the protein. You can also mix cottage cheese with a sugar replacement, then sprinkle it with cinnamon, and enjoy it on toast.
For lunch, add cottage cheese to tuna and pack it into a bread roll. You can also use cottage cheese as a sandwich filling when you mix it with salsa.
For dinner, mix cottage cheese with cheddar cheese you’ve grated, and use it as a dip for potato chunks you’ve sprayed with oil and roasted in the oven.
2. How Long Can You Stay on the Cottage Cheese Diet?
There a many forms of a three day cottage cheese diet — all of them are extremely low calorie, so don’t stay on any of these diets for longer than three days. Very short very low-calorie diets are bad for your health.
The best way to add cottage cheese to your weight loss program is to use it as part of your everyday diet.
3. Health Benefits of Cottage Cheese
Cottage cheese has around 200 calories per serving — just 120 calories per serving if you choose the low-fat version. It also offers you around 30 grams of protein per serving, and is a rich source of calcium.
The biggest benefit of cottage cheese is that it’s a great source of protein, and if you eat protein at every meal you’ll find that you’re less hungry, and suffer from fewer food cravings.
Try cottage cheese — if you’re on a weight-loss program it’s a wonderful food which you should include in your diet.
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