Ice cream health tips

Ice creams, this is known as one of best desserts and often present on kiddie parties. Icre cream has many health benefits, this contains vitamins and minerals that is good for our body. The vitamins and minerals we can get on ice creams depends on the ingredients use by the maker.

Ice cream is made by churning and chilling a mixture containing high-fat milk or cream, fructose- or glucose-based sweeteners, usually in the form of corn syrup, and flavorings such as vanilla or chocolate. When the mixture freezes, it develops the rich, creamy consistency of ice cream, a food that can affect your health in both positive and negative ways.

Good source of energy:

Although the nutritional content of ice cream varies among brands and types, in general it is an excellent source of energy. Ice cream is rich in carbohydrate, with about 15 grams in a one-half-cup serving. A serving also contains about 7 grams of fat and 2 grams of protein, making it an energy-dense food. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, one-half cup of vanilla ice cream provides 137 kilocalories of energy, about twice the amount in one-half cup of whole milk. Ice cream is a good choice when you need energy or if you are pursuing a program to gain weight.

Sugar and Fat content:
Ice cream is a high-fat food, since it must contain greater than 10 percent milk fat to be designated ice cream.


Tips: Don't eat ice cream daily, this is because it has concentrated amount of sugar and a lot of fats content which is not good to your health, this can be contributed on increase of weight.


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