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CAL ICE
CREAMSKIP LOW-CALORIE ICE CREAM
If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is, and this is the
case with low-cal ice cream. The core ingredients tend to be
skim milk, milk-protein derivatives and sugar alternatives like
erythritol, which work in tandem to slash ice cream calories
down to about 300 to 360 per pint. But that comes with a cost.
“The risk here is that since they consider it guilt-free and
healthier, people eat the entire pint in one sitting,” O’Donell-
Giles says. She adds that while the low-fat label sounds
appealing for physique purposes, in the end, the product is
much less satiating and also can contribute to overindulging
and caloric excess. The research backs this, as well, and
one study found that when foods were marketed as low-fat,
subjects ate up to 50 percent more than when no claim about
its fat content was made.
These slimmed-down treats are also sweetened with zero- or
low-calorie sweeteners, but research in the Canadian Medical
Association Journal found that sugar alternatives are not tied to
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