I heard someone say this in a video recipe, followed by way more cheese than you should eat at once. It occurred to me that the phrase means ample, not nutritious.

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    9 months ago

    Did the person happen to have a southern accent?

    As someone from the south, that’s what “healthy” means when used to describe an amount of something. It means “a lot”.

    Also, if you say someone looks healthy you’re basically calling them fat, depending on tone of voice and inflection.

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    9 months ago

    Cheese is pretty healthy. It will actually make you feel full unlike processed junk food which bypasses the full feeling completely so you consume more.

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      9 months ago

      Processed cheese may or may not be worse, depending on the processing and depending on the cheese you compare it to. There are thousands of kinds of cheese.

      And even the healthiest cheese can still be eaten in excess. That was my point, not that cheese is unhealthy, but adding “a healthy amount” is phrase that really means more than one person should eat.

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    9 months ago

    Nah cheese is really good for you it is usually easier to digest than milk. It has some pretty important fats and all 9 essential amino acids. It is calorie dense which makes it a great pick me up snack. And if you’re a vegetarian cheese is one of the few foods that fill the role of meat.

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        9 months ago

        Depends on your nutritional goals and other food sources. If you eat nothing but fast food, you probably don’t need any extra fat or sodium. But if you eat pretty lean, eating some fat calories from cheese certainly isn’t a bad thing.

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            9 months ago

            You asked how much was healthy, I gave an answer. Then you say add more? Lol what’s your point? You can eat an unhealthy amount of carrots. If you have self control issues maybe you shouldn’t be around cheese, is that the answer you want?

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              9 months ago

              Yes, that’s my point. When someone is making a recipe, and they say add “a healthy amount” of cheese, they mean more cheese than is healthy.

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                  9 months ago

                  Right, it’s a figure of speech that means the opposite of what it literally says. I thought that was a mildly interesting thought and shared with the communitiy. The weird part is the number of people arguing that some cheese is healthy.

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    9 months ago

    On keto fat/cheese is one of the recommended satiating foods. Eat as much as you want and be healthy in the context of the diet.