A TikTok trend you may want to avoid
You may have heard of popular TikTok food trends like fruit rollups with ice cream and cowboy caviar. Some can taste delicious and introduce fans to new food combinations, while others might make you gag just thinking about them.
The latest food trend claims that eating it will have you feeling healthy, if a little weirded out by the texture. Introducing … cottage cheese and mustard!
This new fad is supposedly a key component to one TikToker’s (@tiffanyymagee) weight loss journey. She eats this combination with almost every meal, and I mean every meal.
But is this interesting mixture truly a nutritious way to help you shed some pounds? Or is it just a weird combination to draw in TikTok viewers?
What is the cottage cheese and mustard diet?
The cottage cheese and mustard diet is a combination that made Magee famous, as she used it as a dip for vegetables, fruits and chicken sausage.
For breakfast Magee has mustard and cottage cheese mixed with eggs and snacks on fruits dipped in the condiment. She also consumes an electrolyte drink with her meals.
A healthy alternative: This 6-ingredient recipe is the best way to make perfectly grilled salmon every time
What is in cottage cheese that burns fat?
Cottage cheese itself does not burn fat. But it is high in protein, with 25 grams per one cup serving.
Fat is burned through exercise and moving your body. Period. For example, by going for a walk, a jog or a bike ride.
“Eating a food and doing nothing and sitting is not going to burn a lot of energy,” Carol Johnston a professor of nutrition at Arizona State University said.
Moving your body improves cardiovascular health, reduces inflammation and stress and, yes, helps you burn calories, which can lead to weight loss.
Johnston did say that protein consumption has a thermic effect, which means your body’s metabolism runs a little higher to process the amino acids in protein. This would be about 10-30 more calories expended per protein-rich meal, compared to walking, which can…
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