Is cheese a simple carbohydrate

Answer 1

Cheese is made largely of mold and or bacteria, and fatty milk, so the question, is it a good type of carbohydrate is complicated.

Carbohydrates are sugars, and their are 3 simple sugars, glucose, fructose, and lactose.

All three types of simple carbohydrates, are made from the exact same molecule, just shaped differently.

Depending on the cheese, you are more likely to run into a high fat cheese than a high carb cheese. That said, since all carbs are essentially the same, they are all broken down and either immediately burned or stored as glycogen, there is no such thing as a good or bad carb.

Some cheeses are higher or lower in carb's than others, many contain high amounts of lactose, the sugar most commonly found in milk products. Often though, this sugar is eaten by the bacteria or mold that make the cheese, and so cheese generally has fewer carbs than the milk it was made from.

If carb's are you fear, cheese is your friend.

Answer 2

I saw a list of simple carbs that I would like to avoid. Milk and yogurt were on the list to my surprise. I am trying to find out if cheese is also considered a simple carbohydrate because it was not on the list.. and what types of cheeses have less of the simple carbohydrates?

I found this written on Answers.com about how lactose is the bulk of the sugar that is found in cheese which is the sugar in milk.. but some cheeses have less lactose in them due to the bacteria eating the lactose.

I am curious as to which cheeses have less lactose or less sugar in them and why and if it matters.

I also found this article that explains that there are good carbs and bad carbs and why.. it is the simple carbohydrates that get stored as body fat.. and we do not need them for any nutritional value whatsoever, where as we need to add more starchy complex carbohydrates and fibrous complex carbohydrates into our diet.

Here is the article.. and then another below that is cut and pasted about how not all calories are the same.. which again demonstrates through scientific studies that there is a good carb and a bad carb. Makes life a lot easier to know this.

http://www.briancalkins.com/simplevscomplexcarb.htm

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/02/25/the-science-of-fat-loss-why-a-calorie-isnt-always-a-calorie/

Answer 3

yes

no

maybe

i have no idea

Answer 4

Yes, but only a very small amount :P

Answer 5

cheese is a protein not a carbohydrate