IMO if oyu can enjoy it in moderation then its okay. I do like the laughing cow cheese... but if i am making pasta with cheese ot just having cheese as a snack i would WAY rather have less of the full fat cheese. Its a lifestyle change not a diet. Its all about moderation. Dont deny yourself or you will end up not wanting to do it

Just to throw something contrary out there, cheese is the number one source of saturated fat in the American diet (up to 70% of cheese is fat). There is no nutrient in cheese that you can't get in abundance elsewhere.

As far as digestion goes, cheese isn't that great either. Most food is digested and assimilated at about a 50% rate, but cheese is only digested and assimilated at about 20-30%. While cheese may not cause constipation, there is absolutely nothing in it (like fiber) that will help it pass through your system quickly.

When I first contemplated giving up cheese, I was terrified (yes, terrified!), but once I managed to do it, I found I didn't miss it that much. There is some evidence that during the production of cheese, the casein in concentrated. As casein has morphine-like properties, it may not just be our imagination that we "need" that cheese!

Half a slice of rye with a wedge of light laughing cow is like, my favourite snack right now. Yum.

we have a farmers market outside my work often and the other day the cheese guy (yeah i call him the cheese guy) had his company jacket on which read;

Cheese is Milks final leap towards immortality

i liked that >_<

Lol, all that info was great thank you. I would just like to say though, that I don't particularly feel that I need the cheese. I just really, really, REALLY love the taste of it. So even though I was doing fine without it, I really do love the taste, and of course in moderation, like today I had tuna salad for lunch, and I ate a small peice of cheese, about 3 by 3 inches, satisfied me!