The Top 5 Benefits of Cottage Cheese

Find out why you should add this food to your diet right away.

The Top 5 Benefits of Cottage Cheese

Often associated with the fad diets from the ’70s, cottage cheese isn’t getting the respect it deserves these days. While lots of weird diet tricks and gimmicks can stay buried, it’s high time that we give cottage cheese its moment in the sun. High in protein, calcium, and other healthy nutrients, this is the perfect snack to eat on its own or toss into other recipes for a creamy boost. Here are the top five reasons you need more cottage cheese in your daily meals.

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Promotes Weight Loss

Promotes Weight Loss

Bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts are all about cottage cheese, and it’s easy to see why. It’s a low-calorie source of protein (which has a high satiety factor) and calcium, which may encourage fat loss as well.

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Is This the Key to Ultimate Hydration?

See how electrolytes work in your body.

Is This the Key to Ultimate Hydration?

Whether you're trying to stay hydrated for your workout routine or rehabilitation, recovery and hydration is so important to keeping your body performing like it should. So how do you make sure that happens? You need electrolytes — the minerals that give electrical power to your body. What the video below to see how they get to work inside your body and how you seamlessly add them to your day.

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