Emma Miller
As an independent dish, cottage cheese has a high insulin index. Eating this product for breakfast on a regular basis can be harmful to your health.
Cheese is a healthy product, but some people should limit its consumption. In addition, cheese is not recommended for breakfast. Nutritionist Alina Sapiga reveals all the nuances of proper consumption of this fermented milk product.
Why you shouldn’t eat cottage cheese for breakfast
As an independent dish, cottage cheese has a high insulin index.
And if you eat such breakfasts on a regular basis, there is a high risk of developing insulin resistance in the future. Therefore, the nutritionist recommends eating this fermented milk product and dishes based on it as a dessert. For example, you can make cheesecakes, and casseroles, or eat cottage cheese with honey and fruit.
If you want cottage cheese for breakfast, it should be salty. It can be combined with foods that have a low insulin index. For example, with porridge with vegetables and herbs, or you can make a roll with pita bread, cheese, and herbs.
Recipe for a healthy breakfast with cottage cheese
This dish can be a complete meal, and not just in the morning. It contains proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and fiber. You will need:
- cereal
- cottage cheese – 100 g
- Greek yogurt (2% fat) – 1 tbsp;
- cucumber
- Bulgarian pepper;
- parsley.
Healthy cottage cheese dessert
A great dessert option would be sugar-free banana cottage cheese pancakes. You will need:
- cottage cheese (5% fat) – 200 g;
- banana – 1 pc;
- eggs – 1 pc;
- semolina or rice flour – 1 tbsp;
- vanilla sugar.
Mix all the ingredients and fry in a dry frying pan or with the addition of vegetable oil.
Who should not eat cottage cheese?
Nutritionist Alina Sapiga added that there is a certain category of people who should limit, or even better, exclude cheese from their diet. In particular, this applies to those who are lactose intolerant.
