Which Cheese Is The Healthiest? It's Not What You Think!

[@louisevad6091]

I like the fact that you are willing to look at cultures that eat dairy and are healthy.

[@RA-gk5zg]

It's grass fed fermented dairy. Huge difference

[@DeborahGrantham-xh6dn]

⁠She is in a country the doesn’t have the stinking democrat regulation. The average dairy farmer in the U.S. has been put out of business because of regulations about everything about where cows live and what they eat, where they eat it. Right now an Amish dairyman is in court for dong what these people do in Switzerland. People wanted raw milk, he sold it to them. Here in Montana the dairymen are gone because of the government regulations. Thank your FDA.

[@graceannwestcottfuller5434]

Thanks for this one on Swiss cheese. Its delicious. Dr. Liu it looks like you are having a great time. 😊

[@Healthyimmunedoc]

Yes! I enjoy experiencing how other cultures live. Always something new to learn.

[@paulhart3812]

Genuine Pecorino Romano!!! It helps keep people going into their 90s and beyond in Sardinia…. along with extra virgin olive oil.

[@cleaneatingwithclaudiaepic4895]

Real cheese yes. Cheese from Switzerland, the real deal is the only cheese I eat

[@scholargrrl]

This just made me want cheese!

[@cubannel12]

Great review of European cheese compared with Americanized cheese. One thing you didn't cover is that the European cows have A2 casein where as the American cow have A1. Definitely affects the digestion system differently. I for one prefer goat or sheep cheeses that are produced in Europe. Their treatment of animals are more humane and they have better quality control of their products.

[@ianstuart5660]

Definitely! Love Goat dairy. It's never Baaaahd! 😂😂

[@cubannel12]

@@ianstuart5660 LOL. Absolutely. Goat dairy. It's not just for kids.

[@ianstuart5660]

@@cubannel12 😊🥰

[@marathorne6821]

The message is always: eat REAL food, not ultra processed pseudo food!

[@Healthyimmunedoc]

I like to call that food engineering.

[@mythicalcreaturesdoctorsor3589]

​​@@Healthyimmunedoc cheese good health strength body

[@nichegoseberazdvatri]

It is not just what they eat. Everything is organized in a way that ensures the milk cows produced doesn't have any stress hormones from the cows. At certain times of day, they take the heard up higher in the mountains, due to temperature changes throughout the day. The less stressed the cow feels, the healthier milk it produces. They ensure that the cows are comfortable in their environment and provide them with best care possible. It is massive, massive labor every single day. But it's understanding the animal, climate and time is a big key that makes them #1 IMO

[@Healthyimmunedoc]

Yes their attention to detail is impressive.

[@i2sky532]

I absolutely love cheese. I severely limit how much of it I eat, though. So appreciate this information!

[@Franciuk]

My family lives on the Italian border with Switzerland. At university, one of my roommates was from Sardinia and her father was a shepherd. I had some of the best sheep cheeses there…and Sardinia is known for their centenarians. In Italy we call the cheese from cows in the Alps as “formaggio di alpeggio” or “di malga”, it’s like for wine and a terroir, the cheese will take the flavor according to the season and what the cows have been eating. And I love goat cheese! I am not eating at the moment but I miss cheese and don’t miss meat. Cave aged gruyere one of my favorites

[@casaminala]

You are truly a God send to educate us truly anf save us from false information out here

[@andanssas]

I also don't eat cheese, but those cows have a better life than the sacred ones in India 😂 Now I get why Swiss milk/cheese is more expensive. Thank you for explaining the whole process 😊

[@nehalilisays]

I think wealth plays a much bigger role in Swiss longevity than any specific food because the culture around cheese (and hiking in the mountains) is quite similar in Austria but the life expectancy is clearly lower (81.6 vs. 84.2 in Switzerland, according to Eurostat, 2024). Diet seems to play a bigger role in the longevity of Mediterranean countries like Spain and Italy though.

[@Healthyimmunedoc]

Asia has been one of the poorest places on the plant... they live longer than the Swiss.

[@sheilahtaylor3005]

But the FOOD QUALITY IS MUCH BETTER. We eat the garbage of the foods produced

[@georgesduroy410]

Looking at 'wealth' as well as 'diet' as a factor of longevity is terribly misleading. Both essentially reduce the complexity of social (not merely monetary, not merely dietary) reasons and variables which are involved into only a very small and partial variable. Of course the "wealth" factor might contribute in terms of privileged access to medicine and hospitals (middle classes live longer than working classes e.g. in North industrialised countries such as the UK - yet with considerable regional variance), while Mediterranean diets, such as especially the Greek one, do contribute - in general - to healthy life (though itself colonised lately by the the western industry of producing and selling everywhere processed rubbish foods - while the society's structure has also been changing). But overall, the main factors in play are SOCIAL: Such as related to community life and meaningful, safe, living and social integration, work satisfaction and control, national politics, capitalist production, consumption practices, family structures, exercise patterns as part of social life, etc.

[@CH-hm8ud]

@@Healthyimmunedocwe have to realize that Asian people eat a variety of food, even the flowers of a male papaya tree, and the knowledge of knowing what is around you that is healthy and available. In my opinion that is number one.

[@CH-hm8ud]

@@sheilahtaylor3005I have a big garden, and the flavors and quality it’s very different from the one from outside. Let us no start about preservatives and fumigation.

[@notaforte]

Super educational!

[@robertalynch5433]

It starts with perfect milk.

[@guldenaydin9918]

Thank you 🍃

[@Annaaiello-ff1ww]

I appreciate this very informative video!Thank you.

[@giovannawebber2275]

Beautiful video and very informative!!❤❤❤ thank you!!

[@kind2460]

My first time watching your video. I like how informative and entertaining this is. And not completely biased. I just subscribed. Thanks.

[@Gilbreth3]

I bought the Swiss cheese. So good, love your channel.

[@KaikalaMoon]

Guyere is currently my favorite and I eat a lot of cheese. Learned a couple decades ago to eat hard cheeses as opposed to soft with lactose intolerance. Is the "gemmet" the "cow snot" vegans tease us about? I've run several portions of this video back. What?! No lactose in guyere? Let me watch it all before posting. Learning so much... The cows look sooo healthy😲 I want my source of cheese eating wild lavender thyme and other wild herbs.

[@msreid52]

This is so fascinating! Thanks. Bravo to The Swiss for their humane treatment of their animals. In regards to the stress of them though may I ask what happens to their baby calves ? are they yanked away and fodder for veal? One hopes they are treated as kindly as the milk producing adult cows are. I truly would appreciate any feedback possible on that angle. Thanks again for this informative video.

[@cadlac1533]

Cheese is very addictive to me .🥰🥰 Thank you very much for information.

[@julieb1984]

Loved this episode. The same idea about quality of products and type of processing applies to soy products, like tofu.

[@i2sky532]

The stink is due to the higher number of cows per acre. Cow poo us actually pretty mild in smell

[@tommyleejohnson7308]

True. Compare smell to pig manure. Pig manure is really stinky. TMI, lol.

[@carl2180]

Hi Doc, I envy you being in Switzerland. I always wanted to go there. I never knew about the cows, but was curious how the Swiss raised them. Thanks for letting us know how, the all natural way, the Swiss raise the cows. Such a delight to see how the milk is made into cheese. Thanks! I have never seen this before. Switzerland the land of enchantment. All the trains run on electric. Have a great stay. Enjoy.

[@Healthyimmunedoc]

Thank you! It’s amazing how much respect and care they have towards the animals they raise for food. The trains 🚂 work very efficiently. Night and day between the Swiss transport and SoCal traffic!

[@justkris1238]

Had to share that most US block cheese actually only has milk, salt snd enzymes. So I would say it's the quality of ingredients vs the list that make the difference. The ingredient list shown is unique to "shreeded cheese". They add all that crap to prevent caking and mold. Not really an apples to apples comparison, although definitely shows you should buy block and grate your own. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and cheese tour. Big fan.

[@LILLYA1]

Thank you so much ❤

[@keithlb1]

Most people do not have the extra income to buy these locally sourced cheeses, or imported cheeses from these regions. Not to mention that some of those so called health benefits come from the grasses that the cows are eating. Why not just eat a whole food plant based diet? And eliminate the risk that comes from dairy? Yes there might be benefits but there is also some risks and those benefits are not exclusive to cheese only.

[@Healthyimmunedoc]

Good point! It’s so much cheaper to eat Whole Plants and they can be even more nutritious.

[@patrickkeating5746]

Thank you. I was hoping for this. I'm wondering if you could address pros or cons of supplementing with blackseed oil, thyme, cloves, and oregano in one of your videos?

[@alexi2460]

Fresh cheese from your local farm is so special

[@lesliemcfarlane783]

Thank you for your educational video. It makes sense, i see Europeans eating lots of cheese and they arent heavy and they look healthy. In Canada European Cheeses are the cost of gold. I see why, even our processed cheese is expensive. So i usually dont buy a lot of cheese. Its not unusual for people to steal cheese here.

[@kmjdebay]

Somehow my comment disappeared, so I'll try again. Thank you for such and informative and interesting video! The practices followed in the US and Europe are indeed very different, but it is hard to find any information on dairy other than cow. Please address the difference between cow, sheep and goat milk products. I ask this because my husband and I are WFPB, and I make soymilk yogurt at home, but we recently had to travel to France owing to a death in his family and a family gathering. For 2 weeks we were in Ganges, a small town (under 4000), in Herault, in the Cevennes National Forest in southern France. They raise sheep on the hills and mountains around there and the farmers market and even the local supermarket were well stocked with fresh and aged sheep milk cheese and yogurt. So, we ended up eating sheep milk yogurt and cheese every day along with an abundance of fresh produce. We usually bought from the farmers' market or the organic produce shop. We had no GI problems the whole time. While we felt guilty, it was SO DELICIOUS.

[@pynn1000]

Cheese is not unknown in Chinese cultures. Related: Qiaomu Fu, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing has confirmed the world's oldest cheese (so far) is 3,500 years old, used kefir type ferments. It was found some time ago, but the tools to analyse the DNA were not available at the time.

[@Healthyimmunedoc]

Yes! Asians ferment almost anything! However most Asians were dirt broke. Takes a lot of food to feed an animal. They barely had food for themselves. Majority of Asia ate plant based foods because they had no access to anything animal based. They had a food scarcity when the west lavished in all kinds of animal and processed foods. As a result, the traditional Asian diet has learned to assimilate an abundance of green veggies, roots and fruits on a daily basis.

[@sherik2713]

Doc, we love you and appreciate all your knowledge...but if you're in Switzerland 🇨🇭, don't work rather just enjoy your time away (vacation) ❤

[@Healthyimmunedoc]

@@sherik2713 Learning and sharing is fun for me. It doesn’t feel like work. 😊

[@Gilbreth3]

Love this cheese, so good ,Gresham Oregon, we have awsome cheese ,Tillamook cheese ,can you deep dive into oregons best cheese

[@getahagos]

Thank you so much for your support us, I known it my daughter the fat cheese horribles, her stomach pains.

[@JR954]

The happy living cows still end up in the slaughter house screaming for their lives. I lived that live as a child and has PTSD from screaming pigs during their murder. We don’t need animal products to live healthy. Stop 🛑

[@Healthyimmunedoc]

I agree. We don’t need animals products to be healthy.

[@flutelady101]

When did you go to Switzerland?? So---about cheese...I was going to run this by you, but I started making my own "farm cheese" this summer! I just slowly heat 1 gallon of whole milk to a low boil. Then, I add 1/4 cup vinegar (other acids like buttermilk can be used, too). Turn heat off, and the casein and whey will separate, leaving the curds. I strain this into cheese cloth---squeeze moisture out, and add my flavoring. I've bee putting a little salt, homegrown green onions and peppers from my garden. There are MANY herbs and more I can put in. Anyway, I end up with a softball size cheese ball that I hang for a couple o9f hours in the cheese cloth. It it YUMMY! Ok---so should I use organic milk? At least this is not super "processed", right? :)

[@daysoftheboo]

I have osteoporosis and I do eat cheese I do believe it's helpful for my osteoporosis I hate meat, I hate fish I hate eggs , dairy is the only animal food I like eating but I don't eat dairy and cheese by itself I eat it with other foods as an ingredient

[@Peshur]

Jump Training. See Dr Stacy Sims

[@mindmybusynassm1645]

Italian great singer Pavorotti ate the best cheeses. He ate cheese even on the stage, sadly did not live long.

[@Healthyimmunedoc]

Makes one 🤔 think twice about eating it.

[@mistygirl3995]

Even if it was healthy it is NOT worth the animal cruelty involved. Do your research on the dairy industry. No amount of taste is worth an animal's life. Animals are here with us, NOT for us.

[@CroneWisdomSpacemonkey-bg3fm]

Goat and sheep cheese?

[@andanssas]

How have some companies managed to create plant based cheese without added chemicals that tastes better than dairy cheese? Could they have similar fermentation processes, or go through similar 10:42 copper exposure?

[@Healthyimmunedoc]

It's chemistry. That's the role of saturated fat and emulsifiers.

[@andanssas]

@@Healthyimmunedoc I bought plant based cheese mostly for trying to replace my relatives addiction to dairy cheese, and it sort of worked but since they are expensive, they didn't ask for more. These are organic made by _yogan_ and their ingredients (in order): cashew, water, almonds, coconut oil (

[@byronchurch]

We have many other enzymes no need to get weird with rennet

[@RechtmanDon]

For some people, because vit. A deficiency and even insufficiency can lead to sensitivity to daytime glare and night blindness. It is quite possible that people who insist on wearing sunglasses even when it is not sunny or even dark are experiencing low vit. A levels.

[@2coryman]

Is the fermentation of almost any food that’s healthy, kimchee or cheeses

[@nicknak6754]

Nice info cool glasses

[@Divine5555-n7t]

Can you make a video on candida?

[@byronchurch]

Soon if not already we will have many superior cheeses ethically created for the wellbeing of all !

[@esfanddoneh]

Thank you Dr, What about raw butter or organic gee or raw kefir Thanks

[@2coryman]

The brown cows , free range on high altitude and their fermented cheeses

[@VioletCharmed124]

So does it contribute to bad cholesterol or good cholesterol?

[@VeganV5912]

Cholesterol is very bad. That’s why I’m vegan. No….🤢…. Fiiiibre 💀🍖🍳🍗🧈🥓🥩🧀….. 🤢. Lots of fibre ✅♥️💪😬 🦍🦧🐵🐒👩🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏼🍅🥦🥬🍠🍊🍏……. Choose kindness🌱😌. Dr. Greger, Science KZbin.

[@carl2180]

Our brain is over 70% cholesterol .

[@mphsb]

Please do video on milk from commercial dairy to Raw dairy.

[@WhirlwindJenn7123]

I've been adding Terea's Whey for supplementing protein in my diet. Should I reconsider this?

[@levigutierrez7809]

I just purchased Grass fed whey protein Isolate from Level and would like to know as well.

[@dorisalcantara6517]

Hi! Is Parmesan cheese is healthy too?

[@whatsherface7258]

Where can I find swiss gruyere cheese in america to purchase? Asking for a friend :)

[@treemerryweather]

I have been sitting here like an 8 year old waiting for you to offer a cutting the cheese reference and it came while I was reading the list of maladies caused by the production of cheese in this country. Thank you for this video behalf of the internal child who is driving my car at the moment and the old lady who really enjoys good cheese.

[@quake2u]

I tried aged cheese a few months ago and had the worst mast cell activation I've ever had. But I must say I'm allergic to mold.

[@rozswartzett180]

Dog strollers are probably because people want to take long walks and not leave a dog that can’t do long walks home alone. Perhaps the dogs like to antagonize other dogs to cause fights. Thanks for your cheese information.

[@evelyngott2056]

Calling American cheese, cheese, is like calling Antarctica tropical

[@francinekeane9900]

Thanks for great info, I would like to get off dairy milk but have you look at all the added ingredients in soy milk?? I don't fancy all those chemicals.

[@Healthyimmunedoc]

Asian markets have fresh pure soy milk

[@francinekeane9900]

@@Healthyimmunedoc thank you will try them. Just spent time reading all the soy milks in our supermarket none said just water and soy, is soy isolate ok?

[@TaijaSkyDragon]

Good long lasting plant milk with no junk are in the dairy section in many stores away from the junk filled ones. Natural grocers is one. Cost more but go on sale and last over a year unopened.

[@claranimmer7349]

Could you please say what your opinion on Pentadecanoic acid is? If I buy cheese I will think of this video. I don‘t eat cheese anymore and I‘m trying to cut down on vegan cheese. I like plain soy joghurt and sometimes I get a Camembert made with cashews.

[@W1wolf2]

What best cheese at Walmart?

[@Thomas-fu8vp]

It’s the Swiss genes.

[@crislara5831]

Hello love your vids..I'm a vegan . Does our body make carnosine or even need to . I see that it's from meat . But then I thought how do cows make it ?😂 Any info on carnosine?

[@Diosesdepapel]

América ?? Correction US !! America withholds 35 countries

[@dianamarie1652]

Fly to Switzerland! Must be nice! Not a fan of cheese.

[@karenreneelyles261]

You showed the ingredients on the back of American cheeses but you did not show the back of the Swiss cheese.

[@Healthyimmunedoc]

sorry I forgot to put it in! I will place it in next time...ingredients list there was short.

[@levmoses742]

I know American cheese is super processed. I didn’t know that about Swiss and other cheeses.

[@justkris1238]

I agree ingredients make a difference however the US ingredient list shown was for shredded. Most of those are unique to shredded to prevent caring and mold (better to just grate yourself). Most US cheese blocks have similiar ingredients..milk, salt and enzymes. I would say the difference is the quality of ingredients and not the list.

[@karenreneelyles261]

You showed the ingredients on the back of American cheeses but you did not show the back of the swiss cheese.

[@CarlosSantana-we6ts]

Cheese right.

[@karenreneelyles261]

Are the cows producers of A2 milk? (Instead of our cows A1 milk)

[@Healthyimmunedoc]

Most swiss brown cows produce A2 protein. But the cheese factory sourced from a variety of farms. I didn't see any mention of protein types.

[@karenreneelyles261]

@@Healthyimmunedoc most European cows are the ones who produce A2 milk. It is fantastic. I always thought I was lactose intolerant tolerant, but when I switched to A2 milk….lactose issues were no longer relevant.

[@305Alligator]

I thought cheese was the worst thing you can eat if you have high cholesterol

[@halcyon-cg2eb]

Rennet? No thank you!

[@virtualjudge9898]

But cheese is binding!

[@deborahcambria3005]

Cheese has a good amount of protein as do other dairy products

[@VeganV5912]

PIaque is from eating animaIs. Plant-based/vegans don’t have this problem ✅♥️💪😬🦍🦧🐵🐒👩🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏼🥳. Choose kindness. KZbin, delicious vegan food 🌱😌. Dr. Greger, Science KZbin.

[@redswingline262]

groo-yehr almost like 'grew hair' but with a 'y'... 'grew yhair' with a silent 'h' , but Not groo-yur - ticky tack I know but stuff like that is why Americans aren't taken seriously in snobby Europe. Now, off to the store to buy some cheese.

[@mmartinsrj]

Cheese is healthy, doc?!?! Please reconsider it.

[@Healthyimmunedoc]

Did you watch the video?

[@petersymons7817]

Goat cheese

[@studentaccount4354]

I stopped eating dairy and my health improved. I eat fermented soy products. I make soy yogurt without sugar and use it sparingly like a dressing. I think people need to realize there are vegetable products that may host the same microbes as found in the dairy that the cows acquired from eating the plants. I think it is cruel to take the baby cows from the mothers and force the mothers to keep lactating on a machine. I could go on. Even these high quality sustainable dairy places need to be a relic of the past. They could convert this into a plant based plant and the cows could be allowed to dwindle. I get polyphenols from plants.😊TY

[@danielraymadden]

As a child we had a garden with chickens in the garden producing fresh eggs...our friend had a cow living in a pasture with fresh milk we made butter and ice cream with wild honey and fresh wild black berries...we made yogurt and cream cheese...I ate from Gods garden just as Genesis chapter 1 explained....God made vegetation to serve as food for man and animal...After removing fallen angels the earth will be restored into a perfect paradise of all living creatures living in peace love and harmony....Revelation 21 : 3, 4...Revelation 22...

[@Healthyimmunedoc]

The Garden of Eden was the perfect paradise.

[@thorn324]

@danielraymadden - If you read Genesis 1 : 29, you'll see that God doesn't refer to *any* animal-based material as consumable-just plants [that] yield seeds & fruit from trees. So when you eat eggs and dairy "products" (milk, butter, ice cream, yogurt, cream cheese) you violate God's directives. This means you're not in Paradise; no, you're in the opposite place. Repent of your ways-if, that is, you actually believe in what has been written in Genesis. And just remember: *you* are the one who brought up Genesis in the first place!

[@precious4111]

Show us the good cheses, u r in switzerland and all u talk about us american. Geez show us....i worked at a deli and icc got in these fancy huge expensive roubd blocks of cheese.

[@mercedeslopez2655]

I 💕 love. Cheese

[@VeganV5912]

l TiiiiitmiIk/cheese is gross 🤢. 🤢🥛🧀-c-c🐮🤢

[@sciencelad8286]

Promoting any animal product is unethical and immoral. I had subscribed to your channel and have enjoyed your content, but I am unsubscribing right now. Good luck with promoting whatever you choose, i know what I stand for and why.

[@TaijaSkyDragon]

Wow. Touchy and judgmental. Good luck with that.

[@SocialistReport]

Chinese don't have any dairy product in their cousin. 😮