Weight Loss
Experience Ice Cream Enlightenment Without All the Fat
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Aug 29, 2005, 13:29

(ARA) – When it comes to the simple pleasures in life, there are more than you may think. A day at the beach, a great meal or enjoying time with family and friends are probably some of the first to come to mind.
Another popular pleasure, enjoying a waffle cone filled with your favorite flavor of ice cream on a warm day. But if you’re among the millions of Americans attempting a diet, just the thought of all those calories may make you cringe. Instead of doing without, why not snack smarter. Ice cream is a pleasure you don’t have to give up just because you’re trying to lose a little weight.

Among the ways you can “have your cone” and eat it too…

* Order a child-size portion.

* Share with a friend or two so you just get a taste, but not enough to blow your diet.

* Seek out a brand with less fat, sugar and calories than traditional ice cream.

“A lot of people think the only way to cut the fat, sugar and calories is to switch to yogurt or sorbet; but that is not the case,” says Arnold Carbone of Ben & Jerry’s. “We’ve developed a line of ice cream with 25 percent less fat, sugar and calories that tastes great so you can indulge without the guilt.”

Body & Soul ice cream features low fat versions of some of Ben & Jerry’s most popular flavors: Cherry Garcia, Chocolate Fudge Brownie, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Half Baked. A half-cup serving of the regular flavors contains between 250 and 280 calories. Body & Soul flavors have only 170 to 190 calories, the equivalent of a serving of yogurt with fruit on the bottom.

“We spent over a year mixing hundreds of experimental batches to achieve sweet success,” says Carbone. “Now ice cream lovers get to reap the sweet rewards.”

If you want to sample Ben & Jerry’s Body & Soul flavors, head on down to your local ice cream scoop shop. For a store locator, log on to www.benandjerrys.com and click on the link that says “scoop shop.” You can also find the flavors in pint containers at your local convenience or grocery store.
Courtesy of ARA Content

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