What's the scoop on Icecream?! - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

rysta787 · 07-11-2006, 01:59 PM

So, I've read a few articles now that say eating icecream each day can keep help weight loss. I love icecream so I've been having Lowfat icecream (120 cals, 3g fat per serving) as a snack everyday. I know I'm probably going well over the serving size but is icecream going to make me put on weight or is it actually a new health food?

Musical_Muse · 07-11-2006, 02:11 PM

I'm not certain, but I think that it may have to do with the calcium content in the icecream, as calcium has been shown in studies to help you to shed excess pounds. Anyone else know anything about this?

~Colleen

jimmielegs · 07-11-2006, 02:24 PM

Correct. It's not ice cream per se, it's the calcium that does a body good. So, rysta, the ice cream isn't going to put weight on you, BUT if you consume too many calories for the weight you want to maintain, you will gain weight.

Enjoy your ice cream while ensuring you consume a healthy mix of protein, carbs, fat, etc.

qwerty3 · 07-12-2006, 10:47 PM

How does Calcium actually help shed weight?

Lenin · 07-13-2006, 06:12 AM

rsysta,

Ice cream will NEVER rise to the level of a healthy food.
If you are going to eat it you MUST measure portions carefully...that serving size listed is a silly HALF-CUP...what an infant in a cradle might need to get his fill, almost.
"Low-Fat" probably STILL means more than 50% fat and the lower the fat gets the higher the sugar gets. If they start substituting sugar alcohols for sugar, then you get the horrible effect of instant diahrrhea every time you eat it.

If you want ice dcream, no matter what kind, the only way to do it wisely is to WEIGH each serving, compare it to the weight per serving on the box (not cupfuls but grams) and record the calories.

"I know I'm going over the serving size" has ruined many a diet plan.