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 Why all those Calories and Fat?! 
Well, best choice, ditch the cone and go naked with your ice cream! Now many say that low fat ice creams don’t taste as good, but you’ll be surprised to find that some brands have actually mastered the technology to make low/fat free ice creams tastier! The key is to: Know that by law: the word "light" ice cream must contain at least 50% less fat or 33% fewer calories than regular full fat/original versions. This does not mean that ice creams with “light” on their labels are healthy. There are light versions of ice cream that still contain 200 cals and 7 grams of saturated fat in just ½ cup of this light ice cream so don’t be fooled and check your label! If you want to make sure that you are having ice cream with low fat content, read “low/reduced fat” on the label. This way you will get 3 g of fat per serving for sure! You also want to stick to the serving indicated on the label because the 3 g of fat and the 120 calories that you just read, are only in 1 serving of ice cream = ½ cup (1 cup = 240 mL) of ice cream. Popsicles can be regular, fat free to sugar free. Some contain dairy but they are usually made with sugar and ice. It is, however, important to read the nutrition facts label and ingredient list to make sure that they are made from real fruit juice and to ensure that the serving contains less than 120 cals. For a healthier Popsicle version, you can make home made Popsicles by freezing real fruit juice or sugar free lemonade  Look for the label “slow-churned, double-churned or cold-churned”. This refers to a process that reduces fat and calories while retaining the creamy texture of full fat varieties of ice cream. This process distributed the milk fat evenly throughout the product. So 1/2 cup has about 100 calories. Now I’ve looked for this "slow-churned" ice cream in Lebanon, but we still don’t have any so let's keep our hopes high!While ice cream does contain bone-building calcium, it’s better to get your calcium from skim milk/yogurt, labne, cheese, broccoli and dark green vegetables. I mean ice cream contains half the amount of calcium in an equivalent serving of milk so no point there! SO as a rule of thumb: Choose ice cream brands/products that contain per serving >> less than or equal to 120 calories >> a maximum of 4 g of fat >> 3 g of saturated and trans fats >> 10 mg of cholesterol >> 15 g sugar (equivalent to 3 teaspoons of table sugar!) And the serving is ½ a cup so keep your portion sizes small so don't buy buckets of ice cream but rather, buy individual servings and read your nutrition facts label well! For many more cartoons, please visit Randy's site @ www.glasbergen.com . |
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