I was raised in an Italian-american home with a traditional stay at home mother, authentic home-cooked meals were served every day. Every week I had to grate t

I was raised in an Italian-american home with a traditional stay at home mother, authentic home-cooked meals were served every day. Every week I had to grate this stuff to fill the repurposed glass Smuckers jar kept in the refrigerator for sprinkling on damn near everything. Us kids were regularly being scolded for devouring the small chunk kept in the drawer, reserved for thinly sliced antipasto use. This article however seems completely absurd to me. This cheese when grated is basically a dairy-derived flavorful salt substitute. It is not a health food. You wouldn't tell someone they're practicing healthy eating when shaking salt over their spaghetti, they're doing basically the same thing with grated parmegian while adding more calories than salt alone would. If you put a block of parm anywhere near me it'll be in my belly within the hour, but every time I do this my pants fit tightly for 2 days from all the retained water. It's a decadent treat I indulge in few times a year, to give myself a block of parm and eat it in one sitting. Mostly for the time machine effect of revisiting childhood. The linked article implies I should do it more often for positive health reasons, and I'm certain doing so would not improve my health one iota.