Cottage cheese — very valuable dairy product which with pleasure uses mankind many centuries. In it much more useful substances, than in milk are concentrated. We learn about structure and advantage for an organism as it is better to use and what contraindications are available.
What popular fermented milk product is rich with
Cottage cheese is a source of useful milk proteins, vitamins and minerals. First of all in it there is a lot of calcium, phosphorus and iron. A, C, D, E, P, B2, B6, B9, B12 vitamins, valuable to all organism, are its part too.
This fermented milk product very tasty and nutritious, contains many calories (in 100 g of fat cottage cheese of 230 kcal), but at the same time is easily acquired, enters a diet of people which prefer healthy food. Nutritionists recommend to include it in structure of different diets.
We advise to read about advantage and harm of milk: cow, goat.
Advantage for an organism
Consumption of cottage cheese well influences formation and a condition of skeletal system, strengthens teeth. Doctors recommend it at troubles of heart, kidneys, lungs, digestive tract.
Amino acids, valuable and irreplaceable for organism, which are a part of milk protein on the properties can replace animal protein. These amino acids well influence a condition of a liver, interfere with her obesity. And group B vitamins which are a part of a product promote prevention of atherosclerosis and diseases of nervous system. It is recommended to use at chronic gastritises, pancreatitis, diseases of a gall bladder and other problems of digestive tract and also to hypertensive persons and cores.
Important! It is impossible to use cottage cheese in large numbers: it contains a lot of protein that makes additional load of work of kidneys.
Muzhchin
The main benefit for a male body is brought by the use of milk proteins with which cottage cheese is rich. Proteins promote increase in muscle bulk. All athletes include this useful and nutritious product in the diet. Men who do manual work have to use dairy products.
Fermented milk product also well affects male health and potency, increases testosterone level.
Zhenshchin
Cottage cheese is useful to women as a source of calcium and useful vitamins. Calcium does strong and healthy hair, teeth, nails. The low-fat product reduces the level of cholesterol and strengthens bones. It improves a condition of a reproductive system and helps to cure violations of a menstrual cycle.
A large amount of vitamins well influences nervous system.
Read also about the vitamins necessary for work of nervous system; for pregnant women and the feeding mothers.
Pregnant women are especially recommended to include cottage cheese in the diet. It will bring huge benefit to an organism of the woman and child, resupplying vitamins, calcium and protein. The developing fruit will receive all necessary useful substances, bones and other systems of bodies will be created.
After the child's birth during a lactation it is very useful for women to use it daily.
Whether you know? Milk protein on the nutritious properties does not concede to an animal. The standard daily rate, necessary for the person, a squirrel contains in 300 g of cottage cheese.
Children
For children cottage cheese is one of the most useful food. By scientists it is proved that it increases production of hormone of growth. For a children's organism it is necessary to receive enough protein, calcium and vitamins. The growing organism demands some healthy food for formation of all systems, and fermented milk product perfectly approaches in all respects.
Learn more about vitamins and minerals for growth.
It easily is acquired and digested, rather nutritious.
Children can give it since six months, it helps to be created to healthy teeth and interferes with development of rickets.
Fat-free or fat
Cottage cheese is fat — to fat percentage more than 5%, low-fat — with the percentage of fat it is less than 2%, and fat-free — 0% of fat.
Let's find out what product brings more benefit for a human body. Many people, especially fans of diets and persons interested to lose weight, consider that there is more advantage in the fat-free product.
But it not so — the fat-free look loses a part of useful substances and vitamins during degreasing process. In such product vitamins A, E, D are badly acquired and lose the useful qualities as are fat-soluble. In this chain, in turn, without vitamin D calcium is badly acquired.
Read also: 10 best products sources of vitamin D.
Very fat look can do harm to an organism too if to use it often and in large numbers. A large amount of fat increases the level of cholesterol and bears additional load of digestive organs and a liver.
Nutritionists consider that the most useful is low-fat cottage cheese.
In what time of day it is better to use
Cottage cheese can be used at any time, but as it rather nutritious and rich with protein, perfectly is suitable for a full-fledged breakfast. This useful product for a long time will save from feeling of hunger and will present an energy charge. Milk protein is long processed by an organism.
Many nutritionists and doctors advise to use not really fat cottage cheese for dinner, it contains amino acid which calms nervous system, helps to fall asleep, struggle with insomnia and a depression quicker. The fat product renders load of a pancreas in the evening.
Important! Athletes, bodybuilders use nutritious cottage cheese for an hour and a half prior to the training and in half an hour after it.
For small children dairy products are main in a diet, the growing organism needs a large amount of calcium, protein and vitamins. Children can give cottage cheese several times a day including in the evening, it stimulates production of hormone of growth. There is an opinion that calcium is better acquired in the second half of day.
With what is
The advantage of fermented milk product increases many times in combination with honey, fresh berries and fruit, dried fruits, nuts, sesame, flax seeds. It will become even more tasty and more useful with sour cream. Calcium does not collapse even at high temperatures therefore popular cheesecakes not only tasty, but also useful. It is proved that calcium is better acquired at the fat content of 9% so the low-fat product can be added with sour cream or seeds of sesame.
We advise to read about useful properties and application of honey (lime, podsolnechnikovy, buckwheat, chestnut), nuts (walnut, cashew), dried fruits (dried apricots, dried apricots, dried apples).
Contraindications and harm
It is impossible to abuse cottage cheese. If you are a fan of this fermented milk product, and it enters your daily diet, then portions have to be small — about 100 g. It is desirable to use its three once a week.
The fat product in large numbers can cause obesity, increase in cholesterol and atherosclerosis. Too large amount of protein can cause violation of work of kidneys.
Cottage cheese quickly spoils, it needs to be used fresh and it is correct to store. Otherwise in it dangerous microorganisms and colibacilli which can cause serious disorders and diseases of digestive tract develop. Upon purchase it is necessary to look attentively at an expiration date, to store in the fridge in the pressed look without access of air in enameled or glasswares.
Whether you know? In ancient times, when there were no fridges, cottage cheese was stored in clay pots after special heat treatment in the furnace.
Cottage cheese, without doubts, is very valuable and useful, besides the tastes. Useful substances and vitamins give the chance to develop and to function normally to many systems and human organs of any age. The main thing not to abuse, even the most useful product in a large number can do harm.