Cheese is full of protein and calcium so it must be good for you, right? Think again. Here's a quiz to find out how much you know about the cheese in your diet.
1. Regular cream cheese has twice as much fat as light cream cheese sold in a tub.
True or false?
2. Cheese Whiz has 7 grams of fat in 2 tablespoons.
True or false?
3. Kraft 2 percent Milk Singles have 3 grams of fat per slice.
True or false?
4. If you add cheese to your McDonald's Quarter Pounder or Burger King Whopper, you've just added 5 grams of saturated fat to your meal.
True or false?
5. Choosing part-skim mozzarella instead of regular mozzarella saves you half of the fat.
True or false?
6. A 4-ounce slice of Pizza Hut's Pan Cheese Pizza has fewer than 14 grams of fat.
True or false?
7. The average American eats about 2 pounds of cheese a month.
True or false?
8. Per ounce, Parmesan and Romano have less fat than other cheese.
True or false?
9. One serving of cheese is 1 ¼-inch cube.
True or false?
ANSWERS:1. True; 2. True; 3. True; 4. True; 5. False. It saves you just 1 gram of total fat per ounce. 6. False; 7. False. They eat more. 8. False. But a little of these dry cheeses goes a long way. 9. True.
