7/06/2008

CHEESE: the almost-perfect food

Cheese is made from milk, our first food during the beginning of our lives, and an ideal medium for transferring the vitamins, minerals, and other compounds essential to healthy development.
Cheese is preserved milk, and contains almost all of the nutrients necessary to human life. It lacks only vitamin C and fiber. Cheese also contains some additional natural antibiotics, introduced by bacterial cultures added during the cheesemaking process.
Artisanal cheese provides an ideal balance between high-quality fats and protein. Several naturally occurring components of cheese have been shown to have anticarninogenic and antioxidant properties, such as the fatty acids present in the milk when cows enjoy fresh pastures…

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