How much cholesterol are you eating per day? Many authorities recommend
keeping your intake under 300 milligrams per day. I don't think your
cottage cheese is anything to worry about.

I am not one of those people who are afraid of and fear cholesterol,
but 5 mg is indeed such a negligible amount that it is not even worth
thinking about. National guildelines suggest to eat under 300 mg of
cholesterol per day.

There is quite a bit of cholesterol in shrimp and lobster. 3 oz of
shtimp contain 166 mg of cholesterol. That would be an equivalent of
33 portions of cottage cheese.

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-001-02s037y.html

peanuts are one example that you could try.

You may visit one of those popular heart attack risk calculators. You
may find out that your heart attack risk is negligible because you are
young and very slim. (IIRC)

Human bodies produce several times more cholesterol than we'd normally
eat in food. There is no good proof that eating cholesterol actually
increases risk of heart disease. Heart attack victims who were put on
a low fat diet, did not reduce their mortality and died of second
heart attacks just as often. (I can provide references).

Even if you wanted to stay under the guideline of 300 mg of
cholesterol per day, you could eat large quantities of that cottage
cheese with 5 mg of cholesterol per serving. You are worried about
issues of little relevance to your health.

i

5mg is not so much. About half of all foods in the US Department of
Agriculture food database have more than 5mg!

http://www.foodfileonline.com/search?f=cholestrl+%3E%3D+5

http://tinyurl.com/8pcc9

Will

nuts and seeds. buckwheat and some grains. example: make a
higher-protein, low sugar granola. or make oatmeal and add almonds or
sunflower seeds. something that i really enjoy is mixing sunflower
seeds and a little jam with cottage cheese and then putting it on
toast. make sure that you are pairing your beans with a whole grain or
your protein is not complete. i'm trying to cut back on my meat as well
(driving by a slaughterhouse out west + the price of organic meat will
do that) and i get my protein mostly through cottage cheese, nuts,
legumes and other dairy products. i eat very little soy-based protein
because i really don't like it much for taste and i've read that all
the processing creates an poorer product. i only eat tofu in
traditional dishes (like miso soup, mm), or tempeh (fermented soy)
sometimes.

sometimes i think our (i.e. the daily person's) need for protein is a
little overexaggerated, especially with the low-carb craze thing. 1g
per kg should be sufficient unless you're working to build muscle. some
people need more because of medical issues but for a 'regular' person
it should be easy to get the amount of protein needed. i try to go at
least 15g per meal and then space out another 15g through snacks,
resulting in 60-80g per day.

I wouldn't worry much about the cholesterol in the cottage cheese as much as
the sodium, however I don't know the sodium content of the TJ brand you
mentioned.  If you're eating soy-based protein like meat replacements and
tofu along with beans and dairy you are probably getting enough protein each
day.  You might want to try logging some days in Fitday to see.

A recent study said that protein is more likely to help you feel satiated
than either fat or carbohydrate.  Of course the study only has a 44% chance
of being valid. ;)

I am not one of those people who are afraid of and fear cholesterol,
but 5 mg is indeed such a negligible amount that it is not even worth
thinking about. National guildelines suggest to eat under 300 mg of
cholesterol per day.

There is quite a bit of cholesterol in shrimp and lobster. 3 oz of
shtimp contain 166 mg of cholesterol. That would be an equivalent of
33 portions of cottage cheese.

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-001-02s037y.html

peanuts are one example that you could try.

You may visit one of those popular heart attack risk calculators. You
may find out that your heart attack risk is negligible because you are
young and very slim. (IIRC)

Human bodies produce several times more cholesterol than we'd normally
eat in food. There is no good proof that eating cholesterol actually
increases risk of heart disease. Heart attack victims who were put on
a low fat diet, did not reduce their mortality and died of second
heart attacks just as often. (I can provide references).

Even if you wanted to stay under the guideline of 300 mg of
cholesterol per day, you could eat large quantities of that cottage
cheese with 5 mg of cholesterol per serving. You are worried about
issues of little relevance to your health.

i