So my husband keeps telling me that processed cheese is bad for the atkins diet, but in the back of the book it says that 1 slice american cheese is only .3 digestable carbs. does that go for kraft american cheese slices or is that different because it's processed? do i have to buy the 'real' thing?

I'm always careful with processed cheeses, because you never know just what's in them. Check the ingredients. If you see a bunch of partially hydrogenated oils and such, don't buy them. It's always best, whenever possible to stick with the real deal.

Atkins is pretty clear that processed cheese is not allowed. Stick to real cheese to avoid those nasty trans fats.

The real thing.."processed cheese food" is stuffed full of things you don't want, including sugars and/or starces in some brands, trans fats....given a choice, the least-processed option is always better.

You can still get american cheese that's unprocessed! Check out the deli counter, it's often onsale too! Land o lakes makes it, I think that's a safe bet.

What about 'STRING' cheese?

I'm not sure about string cheese. But I love it and eat it all the time and it doesn't seem to be hurting a thing.

I eat string cheese almost every day I think it's just fine.

The ingredient list on my string cheese is OK; no sugar, no trans fats, just the usual cheese stuff.