Are you a fitness freak and love ice creams both at thesame time? Isn’t it difficult to choose between what your heart says and whatyour mind tells? So, let there be no heart to mind confusion anymore!
Take a look at these scanning tips that you can followwhile choosing ice creams:
1. Fruit flavors are not always the healthiest, soinstead of buying those look for water and fruit ingredients in any bar. Manyice creams that claim that they are made up of fresh fruits are sometimes madeup of concentrated forms of sugar i.e. juice or food flavoring.
2. Sometimes, some brands which to fool you by claimingthat they are too good. See whether the product that they are claiming to existcan ever exist?
3. Aim for about 150 to 200 calories per serving, apackaging which states that they are severely low in calories, won’t befulfilling while will eventually drag in buying more because nor would yourheart or your stomach be fully satisfied.
4. During summers, you are usually confused betweenhunger and thirst and then you realize that the best option to fulfill both isice cream, but then you need to stop before you open up the freezer and have aglass of water first which will automatically decrease your desire to have icecream.
5. You must go with the single-serving ice cream insteadof the diet ice creams which would not only satisfy you but you will also beable to treat yourself!
6. Don’t go on the packaging, the nutrition value of theice cream is known by the ingredients present in it and not from the royalnames, bold colors, or expensive packaging. Chose a low calorie, made ofnatural ingredients and which will keep you fit in the longer run.
7. Check out the quality of the ice cream, which can beseen by the size of the ice cream crystals. If the crystals are noticeable thenthe quality of the ice cream is low in nutrition. Besides that, you may alsonotice that if the ice cream melts too quickly and has a sandy texture then thequality is poor.
8. Make sure to choose an ice cream that is chemical-free, organic, low-calorie, low-sugar, pure, has no harmful emulsifiers, is madeof fresh milk, and is natural.
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9. Lastly, before buying make sure you check the reputationand how natural the ice cream company is, from where you are purchasing the icecream is.
Traditional ice creams are made up of milk, cream, extraflavors, sugar, and eggs, depending on the products. It is usually 10% milk, 20% cream and in all 10% fat per serving but in order to decrease the fat in yourice cream serving you can:
1. Use more milk, replacingthe cream
2. Instead of using cow’s milkuse almond milk, soya, or other low-calorie milk.
Now, for the healthy alternativesof ice creams, you can opt for:
1. Gelato: In Italy, It is defined by low as 3.5% fat,which is lower than that present in ice creams, meaning it contains less cream and more milk. But in the US it is a legal requirement.
2. Chocolate-dipped frozen bananas: Not only this treatwill cool you down but it will also satisfy your taste buds with its naturalsugar.
3. Strawberry banana ice cream sandwiches: This desertserves two purposes first of the ice cream and then it also provides a crunchhence getting you done with your cookie cravings. Besides that, the good forhealth bananas and strawberries will be clean eats.
4. Fruit and yogurt cones: This will make you forget about ice creams all you need is frozen yogurt and some frozen fruits.
5. Yogurt parfait popsicles: These delicious treats canbe eaten at breakfast with fresh fruits, granola, and yogurt.
No matter what your favorite treat is all these healthalternatives will serve the purpose and you will be able to explore more andmore alternatives to your favorite kind of ice cream on this ice cream day!