The 9 healthiest types of cheese, according to Dr. Perricone's List
A.It is not easy to say that a single food causes inflammation.
Inflammation can be promoted by the presence of saturated fats in cheese.Omega 3s and monounsaturated fats have anti- inflammatory effects.A diet that includes a lot of olive oil and cheese is probably not pro- inflammatory.A diet that contains a lot of coconut oil and cheese might be.
There are a lot of other factors that impact inflammation.Inflammation is likely to be promoted by refined carbohydrates.Vegetables and spices are anti- inflammatory.
It is almost impossible to answer the question "Is _____ good/bad for me?" without considering how much you eat, what else you are eating, and what you would be eating if you weren't.
I think there is room for a moderate amount of cheese in a healthy diet.Thank goodness!
I offer an online course on anti-Inflammatory Diets if you want to learn more.If you want to know more about the course, you can check that out here.
I am a nutritionist specializing in the Mediterranean diet and a long-time follower of Monica.Thank you for the great work!I used to use your inflammation index to help my clients compose anti- inflammatory diet, but Nutritiondata.com now features it next to the GL score for every food listed there.There was a time when the IF disappeared from Nutritiondata.Can I find it somewhere else?It is a helpful tool.Thank you and best of luck, Conner.
We asked NutritionData.com to remove the IF Ratings from their site because the data used to calculate them was several years out of date.Many of the ratings displayed there were not accurate.
It was difficult for us to make this decision because so many people have used the IF Ratings on that site.The site's managers told us that they are not planning to update the databases anytime soon because of the growing number of discrepancies and errors.
The InflammationFactor.com website is the only authorized source for IF Ratings.We are adding more features to the IF Tracker to make it even more useful.
You are defending cheese!If I make my own cottage, cream, mozzarella, and ricotta cheese from raw grass fed milk, I have no problems.I get inflammation when I consume the same cheese made with additional Additives.At some point I will make aged cheese.I suspect yellow dye and avoid it.