The Recipe Doctor
From low-fat recipes to recipes designed for persons with diabetes, Elaine Magee, MPH, RD, shares recipes and advice to create healthy meals that are guaranteed to please. [Editor's note: Elaine no longer contributes to Silver Planet, but we have made her archived blog entries available as a service to our readers.]
Cruising the Ice Cream Aisle
Have you noticed the ice cream section of the supermarket lately? You have all sorts of choices to make when selecting your carton du jour: “lite,” sugar free, super rich, double churned.
We know which ones cost the most and which ones will probably taste the richest, but what should we look for on the package when health is our first priority (with taste as a close second)?
Consider five things when cruisin’ the ice cream aisle. Per half-cup serving of ice cream, your best bets will have the following:
- Around four grams of fat
- Around 120 calories
- Three grams or less of saturated fat
- No more than 10 milligrams of cholesterol
- Fifteen grams of sugar or less
Note that many ice creams have almost 30 grams of sugar per half-cup serving!
Many, many brands and flavors meet all of the criteria listed above, so there has definitely been some progress in the ice cream section over the past few years.
You might see one more thing on that ice cream label: fiber.
Believe it or not, some ice cream bars and ice creams actually contribute more fiber than a slice of whole wheat bread. If you happen to choose a fiber-pumped flavor with three to four grams of fiber per serving, it might just make your half-cup serving seem a bit more filling.
By Elaine Magee, MPH, RD
The Recipe Doctor Blog
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