I have a question about the milk servings. I don't understand why ricotta cheese counts as a milk serving, but other cheeses don't count. Also, if I have a milk shake at McDonalds it counts as a serving. I eat the lowfat or fatfree cheeses.
1 1/2 ounce of hard or semi soft cheese is 1 dairy serving and it doesn't matter if it is fatfree, low fat or full fat.
The milkshake at McDonalds or other fast food place must be 12 fluid ounces and to me is usually not worth the points but it has the same nutritional value as 1 cup of milk.
Do you have the Week 1 booklet? The list of dairy products that can be counted and their amounts is listed in that book. They were supposed to re-post it in the online stuff but I am not sure they have yet. I'll check that and get back to you.
The only cheeses that don't count is Laughing Cow or Cream type cheeses because of the amount you'd need to get to the nutritional values of 1 cup of milk.
Here is a list of what consititues a dairy serving…
1 cup of milk
1 cup of yogurt (this is a full 8 oz)
1 cup of pudding made with milk
2 cups cottage cheese
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1 1/2 oz of hard or semi soft cheese (not soft such as Laughing cow or Cream)
12 oz fast food milk shake
12 oz unsweetened latte
16 oz unsweetened cappuccino
I was on P. 77 in the Week 1 book where it lists the cheeses. At the bottom of the page it has an asterisk for foods that count as a milk serving. I read the whole book last week after I joined, and I remember reading the page with the milk servings now that I've seen it. Duh. Thanks for the help! I guess it won't be hard to get that extra milk serving after all. (I'm over 50.)
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