Cottage cheese: protein superfood or fitness myth?

Podcast: Strange Health · The Conversation

Opublikowano: 2026-10-20

Cottage cheese is a TikTok sensation. Social media creators are blending the curdy, clumpy white stuff into everything from cookie dough and chocolate brownies to flatbreads and even slapping it onto hot dogs. All in the name of protein. Naturally high in protein and relatively low in fat, cottage cheese has been embraced by fitness influencers who claim it can help build muscle and burn fat. But does the science support these claims? In this episode, we hear from Dominic Farsi, a researcher at King's College London and at Teagasc in Ireland, to get the...