Report: Grate cheese to cut heart disease

[Perdita]

Eating grated cheese rather than sliced can reduce the risk of heart disease, says a new report.

According to to the Food Standards Agency [FSA], people should grate or use a stronger flavoured cheese to reduce their intake of saturated fat.

"It's important to find ways to cut down, not give up," said FSA chief executive Tim Smith. "I learned to cut down cheese by grating it or using stronger flavour and I have cut down to 1% milk rather than semi-skimmed."

Smith also suggested that the public use low fat milk and leaner cuts of meat. British people eat 20% more than the recommended levels of saturated fat, claims the FSA.

[pookie1968uk]

i hate cheese but my husband and daughter love it! so i have started to use grated cheese instead of sliced. it really does work as you just sprinkle it and you dont end up using much cheese. it really does cut it down!

[Chris_2k11]

I always eat it grated anyway, prefer it like that than sliced

[Abbie]

Im not really a massive fan of Cheese but I only have it on like pasta and stuff which is grated anyway

[di marco]

we have always grated our cheese cos it goes further so therefore doesnt cost as much lol! also we have low fat cheese and even in a little amount of that theres so many calories and fat!