Low-fat dairy products are becoming more popular, and all thanks to the promotion of healthy nutrition. Especially prized in people who want to get rid of excess weight and actively engaged in sports fat-free cottage cheese, the caloric content of which will be discussed in this article. Such low-fat products cause a lot of conflicting opinions, as some consider them completely useless. Let's try to understand this topic and still find the truth.
How many calories are in 0% curd?
The chemical composition of cottage cheese of different fat content is almost identical, it includes protein, vitamins, minerals, and other useful substances. It should also be said that when fat content decreases in curd, fat-soluble vitamins A, D and E. are destroyed.
Now the main thing is that the caloric content of the 0th fat curd can vary from 90 to 115 kcal per 100 g. This product is used in low-carbohydrate and protein diets. Various bread spreads and useful desserts are prepared on its basis. In it put various additives, for example, honey, fruit, sour cream, greens, etc. Just consider, at the same time, the energy value of the product also increases. Thus, the caloric content of fat-free cottage cheese with honey is increased due to the presence of simple carbohydrates. At the same time the body is saturated faster, which helps to cope with hunger for a long time, and also with such dessert a person satisfies his desire to eat something sweet and very high in calories. Another popular dessert among the slimming is defatted cottage cheese with sour cream, the calorie content of which will depend on the fat content of sour cream, but on average 100 grams account for about 140 kcal. If you add fruit to such a sour-milk product, the energy value will increase by about 30 kcal.
Benefit or harm?
Many people know about the benefits of sour-milk products, so we propose to focus on the possible harm that can be obtained from fat-free cottage cheese. There is no active harm, except for an allergic reaction with an individual intolerance to the product, but there are still several properties due to which many doubt the usefulness of such cottage cheese:
- Due to low fat content, the absorption of calcium, which is so rich in all fermented milk products, is deteriorating. This is especially important for vegetarians, which exclude other sources of this mineral.
- In low-fat cottage cheese, there are practically no essential components of milk fat necessary for the body, which are important for cell membranes and receptors.
- Many manufacturers use starch or sugar to increase the fat content of cottage cheese, which increases calorie content and can trigger a set of extra kilograms.
- Still unscrupulous manufacturers can add to such sour-milk product various preservatives, which first of all
attack the liver and adversely affect the work of the whole body.
Of course, such harm can be felt on yourself, if you only eat one fat-free cottage cheese. If you are not going to do this, then worry about that you will suffer from a portion of such a product, not worth it. Products in the diet should be selected depending on its purpose , that is, if you want to lose weight, then skim curd for you, and if you replenish the supply of calcium, it is better to choose a greasy option.
Another topic that is worth mentioning is how many calories are contained in homemade fat-free cottage cheese, as many housewives prefer to cook sour-milk products themselves. In this case, the energy value does not increase much and amounts to 108 kcal per 100 g.