Best picks and skips at the salad bar

1. Posted by DARLENE on Tue, Nov 11, 2008

I am on my way out to supper and wondered what to have. Now I know, Thanks

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2. Posted by SarBar on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

What a tasty sounding salad, and healthy to boot!

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3. Posted by AK-47 on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

So basically, cheese and mayo is high in fats and calories.....doesn't everybody already know that?

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4. Posted by icon6668 on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

Little articles like this are awesome. To bad they get you hungry too!

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5. Posted by A. Artanis on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

What a bunch of sadly old, outdated mainstream "wisdom" regurgitate. I can't believe anyone would still - STILL! - vilify calories, limit cheese, fat and salt/sodium. Dare to learn, venture out into the more substantiated research data. Warning: this may require you to remove the blinders and step OUTSIDE THE cozy bounds of MAINSTREAM "wisdoms" and start [gasp!] THINKING and EXAMINING for yourself.

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6. Posted by Furious-Shabs on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

and cottage cheese, which is high in aging (read artery-clogging) saturated fat. Then buy a small container of low- or no-fat yogurt/cottage cheese for creamy protein minus the sat fat in dairy foods. It was a good article; nothing really new to me. But what do I make of cottage cheese? is it good or bad?

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7. Posted by barbcaran on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

I thought cottage cheese was an excellent source of protein in my salad...guess I'm gonna have to change that 'artery clogging' choice!!

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8. Posted by bela_bellisima on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

What's the situation with cottage cheese? Is it good or bad?

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9. Posted by paulgavin@rogers.com on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

Other than the cottage cheese and yogourt....usually a good add on to any meal....but skip the vomit inducing greens and fruit. Have a hearty spaghetti with meat sauce today and the blues are sure to go away....

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10. Posted by ioana on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

Er, so cheese, sugar and mayo are the vegetables we should avoid?? This is dumb.

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11. Posted by snarketysnarksnark on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

"cottage cheese, which is high in aging (read artery-clogging) saturated fat." Hardly! Most cottage cheese only has around 4% fat or so - that's nothing. And some oils are good for you - I make all my salad dressings with olive or walnut oil which has lots of heart-healthy EFAs. You NEED some fat in order for your body to absorb fat-soluable vitamins.

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12. Posted by tremerx on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

I can't believe someone would NOT recommend low fat cottage cheese? Silly... it is a staple in most diets.

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13. Posted by irmgardt w on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

AM A LONG TIME HEALTH FOOD EATER... AND THIS IS THE BEST OF ANY OF THE HEALTH FOOD ARTICLES HAVE READ FOR MANY YEARS... THANK YOU

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14. Posted by irmgardt w on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

AM A LONG TIME HEALTH FOOD EATER... AND THIS IS THE BEST OF ANY OF THE HEALTH FOOD ARTICLES HAVE READ FOR MANY YEARS... THANK YOU

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15. Posted by realist on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

I think everyone is confused about the cottage cheese. Your item #3 Lean proteins talks about it being artery-clogging whereas your PS - prefer a fruit salad suggests a small tub of cottage cheese. Can you get it straight and let us know which is correct.

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16. Posted by Joe B on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

aartanis, you are so on the dot...lol...these sheep just gobble up the "wisdom of the age"(not 'ages') of clogged arteries second hand smoke etc., instead of looking at their bodies and deciding. As a mechanic tends to cheet you by 'suggesting' uneeded repairs,(if you are uninformed) so will your doctors, (if you are uninfirmed)not to say anything about these so called online gurus, who do nothing but regurgitate all the idiotic 'good'-trends, mostly maintained by various interest groups and naturally, their followers. Good luck to you if you believe these people know the secrets of living forever with no fun just listening to them. Greetings from the hill of cottage cheeses...hahahahahaha... I met many 90 year olds living almost solely on it,hope you unclog your brains more than colg up your arteries and enjoy life, realising your body is ONE UNIQUE MACHINE and needs more than avoid certain foods.Wishing you a protein free existence...hehehehehhehe.. so your arteries stay clean and your doctors happy...What about you? ever dared to be yourself?Think for yourself while eating well? Belive your gurus here as you believe your banker...lol...they will surely lead you to your doom while making good monies on you...I eat what my body tells me to eat and then eat other things as my body's needs change...because the body is like the weather, changes daily...and always talks to you if you wish to listen to it rather than to the doctors...

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17. Posted by tremerx on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

CAPS LOCK GET STUCK??? would have been more effective if you would have left it in normal font... now you look like a little kid screaming for a toy at a store.

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18. Posted by cher on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

that's how i eat my salad, yum and by the way cottage cheese is not protein, it is carbs

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19. Posted by Dorie on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

love it, and I can try those suggestions.

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20. Posted by infinite_vel on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

I'm not sure that cottage cheese is bad for you. I thought it was good. Now I'm confused and I'm also thinking that this article is inaccurate and it was more than likely just a "filler" for today. I've been reading other things about cottage cheese since I read this and I haven't come across anything else that says that it is "artery clogging". You know, every week there seems to be an article that tells us what we should and shouldn't eat. One week , something is good and we should eat plenty of it and the next week another article comes out telling us that it causes some sort of disease or something. No wonder people are so neurotic about food.

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21. Posted by tanyalynn@rogers.com on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

What a ridiculous article. Way to go Captain Obvious!!! I was expecting to learn which vegetables to avoid when reading an article about which vegetables to avoid...instead i'm told to skip the ceese cubes, forget the croutons and don't eat crap covered in mayo. Ridiculous. I knew it would be bogus before I even read it!

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22. Posted by elizlucinda on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

Just for a bit of clarification...If you eat 1% cottage cheese, you are getting 90% protein, 9% carbs and 1% fat, which is really not bad at all. It is a much better source of protein than some meat which can be very high fat.

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23. Posted by zeddzuul13 on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

This article was okay if it had anything at all to do with the title. Almost zero mention about vegetable to skip except the brief mention to skip iceberg lettuce--which has almost no calories so who cares. A couple of good tips but a 3 year old coulda came up with a more appropriate title but then maybe the writer isn't that old yet.

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24. Posted by kewwybewwy on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

My take on the cottage cheese thing is that if you're going to eat it, go fat free...much like drinking skim milk rather than whole. Perhaps this is what the author meant but neglected to clarify. But as was mentioned previously, you do need a certain amount of fat in your diet, you should just make healthier choices to get it (nuts, olive oil, etc..).

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25. Posted by johnasca2000 on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

wWhat can dibetics eat?they recomend vegies

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26. Posted by norm on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

aartemis and joe b got it right: this is all just propaganda from eco-vegetarians and world-dominating vegetable and fruit farmers and companies that process that food, like dole. People are carnivors and should only raw meat (freshly killed, to avoid ee-col-eye bakterias.) Just compare vegetarians to meat esters in the animal world. Vegetarian animals are slow and dull and meat eaters are fast and strong. Wake up people and understand the natural order.

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27. Posted by gdbear65 on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

I disagree with using olive oil - a vinaigrette, like raspberry or balsamic vinegar are lower calorie choices and equally as healthy

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28. Posted by Shooter on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

Go for the cottage cheese if its 1%.... Cottage cheese is low in fat and carbohydrates while high in protein. A 4 oz (113 g) serving has approximately 120 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated), 3 g carbohydrates, and 14 g protein. It also contains approximately 500 mg sodium, and 20 mg cholesterol. Manufacturers also produce low-fat and non fat varieties. A fat-free kind of a similar serving size has 80 calories, 0g fat (0g saturated), 6g carbohydrates, and 14g protein. It is popular among dieters and some health food devotees. Cottage cheese is a favorite food among bodybuilders for its high content of casein protein while being relatively low in fat.

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29. Posted by Beachboy on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

Eat like this and be miserable and die anyway. Or maybe a extra year in a old folks home with your tongue hanging out as you drool. Eat sensible but not stupid, limit amouts no matter what you eat is more the secret. Think portion control.

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30. Posted by mohamjip on Thu, Nov 13, 2008

Hey, Joe B, I guess you must be among the infirmed. Have you seen the young people today who have never learned how to prepare a healthy meal? They are eating what their body tells them to eat ... donuts and french fries. This article isn't saying anything new to the infORmed. As for the comments about cheese and cottage cheese ... they are most often fattening (unless skim milk). Anything using animal fat causes aging arteries. Today's paper had an article about studies which have shown that most 10 year olds today, have the arteries of a 45 year old, due to poor diet.

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