Ask any nutritionist (or cheese enthusiast), and they can easily come up with a list of reasons why eating cottage cheese is good for you , especially when compared to other cheeses. It all comes down to the cheese's nutritional value: a 100-gram serving of full-fat cottage cheese contains 11.6 grams of protein, 154 milligrams of phosphorus, 9.2 milligrams of magnesium, and 88 milligrams of calcium. It's also relatively low in fat (4.22 milligrams) and sodium (350 milligrams), and clocks in at just a little over 100 calories.

However, there's a slightly less popular (though no less tasty) Greek cheese that beats cottage cheese, gram for gram, in terms of essential nutrient content: feta cheese. A soft, white cheese made from the milk of sheep or goats, feta cheese has 14.2 grams of prot

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