Have you quit cutting the cheese since you've been dieting? No need! We'll show you some really boss ways to enjoy your cheese, as well as the best diet cheese choices. Go grab your cheese slicer!

Before we deliver our Diet Cheese Picks, let's take a sentence or two to talk about the wonderful health benefits of cheese. Yes, it's got fat inside, but it's also made with healthy milk - thus packed with calcium, a mineral that most dieters just get enough of these days.

Milk is an important element when dealing with cheese, especially when pinpointing calories because most of the calories in cheese comes from - you guessed it - M-I-L-K.

The different varieties of cheese at your local market are graded: REAL cheese, cheese food, cheese by product. Stick with the REAL cheese while dieting, as it's easier to process and made with natural ingredients.

You will also find 'light' cheeses and 'fat free cheeses', which simply indicate that these cheese were made with milk containing less fat, or no fat.

Calories in cheese: We have a boss little food calorie index for cheese located here. The index provides cheese calories for most all popular cheese.

Our best diet choices for cheese include: string cheese (it's handy and already in a neat little serving size!), skimmed mozzarella and grated parmesan OR Romano.

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Cheesy Diet Tip: The fat in cheese helps keep you filling full for a longer period of time, thus curbing appetite. Fat is a necessary part of a healthy daily diet.

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