Cottage Cheese as primary food source

[darksol]

A long time ago I remember trying cottage cheese and liking it, but like most things I got tired of it and moved to other foods.  Then my wife brought home some fat free cottage cheese from Kroger, and said they were on sale for $1.99 each.  I didn't give it much though until I read the nutrition facts.  One container of this cottage cheese had 90 grams of protein.  That is almost as cheep as tuna ( grams per $ ), and tastes a whole lot better too.  I pour half the container in a bowl and add 1 teaspoon of sugar and some cinnamon.  This improves the flavor and adds some carbs, since the cottage cheese has very little.   Today I have eaten nothing but cottage cheese.  Is there any risk from making this my primary food source?  Just seems too good to be true.

[elite_lifter]

Variety is best

[Princess L]

Cottage cheese is an excellent protein source.  Many people don't like it for hard core dieting though.

[tbombz]

nothin wrong with tat, you may over time beuild up a food allergy to the cottage cheese though.

cottage cheese, since its from milk, will have its protein content be 80% casein and 20% whey.

[Bobby]

i eat 200g everyday!

like you said, it's cheap (and low cal, no carb) just like tuna. It's very expensive to eat chicken 4 times a day so CC is great way to bump up protein.

[tbombz]

with cottage cheese, since itss almost entirely casein, the protein content isnt really "anabolic" proteins at all, its more just merely "anti catabolic".


fast digesion = anabolic , slow digestion = anti-catabollic.

[darksol]

Thanks for the feedback guys.  If Casein is just Anti-Cataboilic.  What specific Protiens are anabolic and why?

[coltrane]

cottage cheese is great.  Bedtime.. all the time actually.

[Butterbean]

   Today I have eaten nothing but cottage cheese.  Is

Not sure if the sodium would be an issue or not.

  I pour half the container in a bowl and add 1 teaspoon of sugar and some cinnamon. 

You may want to try chopping up an apple, sprinkling w/the sugar and cinnamon and microwaving for 1-2 minutes...then eat w/your cottage cheese.  Delicious!

[tbombz]

Thanks for the feedback guys.  If Casein is just Anti-Cataboilic.  What specific Protiens are anabolic and why?

well its not really just only anti catabolic. as a general rule though, slow = anti catabolic, fast = anabolic.      if you think about digestion rates and various foods, and you think about your diet and whats going to be in your blood at any given time......most bodybuilder will really only get anti catabolic from very slow digesting protein like casein.

[elite_lifter]

This is the brand I use, low sodium and 1% fat.

[Rimbaud]

A long time ago I remember trying cottage cheese and liking it, but like most things I got tired of it and moved to other foods.  Then my wife brought home some fat free cottage cheese from Kroger, and said they were on sale for $1.99 each.  I didn't give it much though until I read the nutrition facts.  One container of this cottage cheese had 90 grams of protein.  That is almost as cheep as tuna ( grams per $ ), and tastes a whole lot better too.  I pour half the container in a bowl and add 1 teaspoon of sugar and some cinnamon.  This improves the flavor and adds some carbs, since the cottage cheese has very little.   Today I have eaten nothing but cottage cheese.  Is there any risk from making this my primary food source?  Just seems too good to be true.

Primary? What percentage are you talking?

[coltrane]

too much dairy isn't good.

[darksol]

When I say primary, I mean
breakfast 1 cup
mid morning 1 cup
Lunch 1 cup
mid afternoon 1 cup
dinner 1 cup
a hour later 5 crackers with PB and honey.
Workout
Get home and have 1 cup
before bed 1 cup
Throughout the day I go through about 6 pints of water / noexplode / cystal light

Not including the crackers or PB, I am getting about 315 grams of protein.
I  am 6' 4" and weigh 208.

[tbombz]

When I say primary, I mean
breakfast 1 cup
mid morning 1 cup
Lunch 1 cup
mid afternoon 1 cup
dinner 1 cup
a hour later 5 crackers with PB and honey.
Workout
Get home and have 1 cup
before bed 1 cup
Throughout the day I go through about 6 pints of water / noexplode / cystal light

Not including the crackers or PB, I am getting about 315 grams of protein.
I  am 6' 4" and weigh 208.

sounds good.  you should add some nuts or whole eggs ...(some kind of dietary fat) into al those protein only meals of cattage cheese.

and whey post workout. cottage cheese is horrile post workout. too slow.

[Rimbaud]

When I say primary, I mean
breakfast 1 cup
mid morning 1 cup
Lunch 1 cup
mid afternoon 1 cup
dinner 1 cup
a hour later 5 crackers with PB and honey.
Workout
Get home and have 1 cup
before bed 1 cup
Throughout the day I go through about 6 pints of water / noexplode / cystal light

Not including the crackers or PB, I am getting about 315 grams of protein.
I  am 6' 4" and weigh 208.

So basically cottage cheese making up about 90+% of your food. IMO - bad idea. You need a little more variety.

[flexingtonsteele]

So basically cottage cheese making up about 90+% of your food. IMO - bad idea. You need a little more variety.

exactly!! good way to create an allergy for something.

[Rimbaud]

exactly!! good way to create an allergy for something.

Amen & the ability to make yourself so sick of something that you'll never eat it again. Oh well.

[darksol]

Its been a week and I am still on my cottage cheese diet.
However I did eat some real food over the weekend.
Woke up this morning with diarea.  I think I have lost the ability to break down a simple burger and fries.
Not a bad thing as they weren't good for my anyway. 
Still cottage cheese is proving to be a very simple way of getting the protein I need.
Weight is still at 208, but my strength is up, and my waist is smaller.
Kroger still has their $1.99 Fat free Cottage Cheese pints on sale ( 480 calories, 90g protein, no fat, 30 g carbs)
I add 2 teaspoons of sugar with some cinnamon to each pint ( 10 grams sugar, 40 calories).
Thus far I feel great.