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NUTRITION EXPERT
Sarah Flower is a nutritionist who campaigns for a lower-carb, sugar-free way of eating (sarahflower.co.uk).
Q Can cheese ever be part of a healthy diet or should I avoid it? I love it so I’d like to know which the healthiest varieties are and how much I can have.
A As many readers may know, I am a keen advocate of the low carb way of eating, purely due to the amazing results I have seen in my clinic with many health conditions being reversed, including diabetes, but also weight loss and part of that diet is high fat, including lots of cheese. However, if your diet is quite carb rich then having lots of fat and carbs/sugars together is going to have the opposite effect, so the answer really depends on your current diet. I would advise anyone to reduce their carbohydrates, especially ditching refined carbohydrates (we have essential fats, essential protein but we don’t have essential carbohydrates!). Filling up on healthy fats and good protein is great fuel for our body and means we are not causing sugar/insulin spikes or laying down
