"Ice Cream Diet"

Information and Review

Pro Review: New research suggests that the nutritional makeup of ice cream when eaten as part of a balanced diet may help burn fat faster than if you had not eaten the fat and calorie rich indulgence. A serving a day may help in other ways such as keeping bones strong, burning fat more efficiently, lowering high blood pressure, decreasing cravings, easing PMS symptoms, fighting colon cancer, lessening the risk of stroke, boosting immunity, preventing kidney stones. The key to the Ice Cream Diet is moderation. Too much of a good thing is not a good thing.

The Ice Cream Diet Plan:

You must stay within within your calorie budget. As long as you do, you are free to eat that ice cream. Women get 1 cup and men get 1 1/2 cups of ice cream every day. You'll still lose weight because the ice cream is factored in to a nutritious diet of 1,500 calories a day for women and 2,000 calories for men. To keep calories in check, you should choose a reduced-calorie ice cream. Options include Healthy Choice, Dreyers Light and others.

Commentary: the "Ice Cream Diet" is simply filler and cover material for magazines and books. Certainly ice cream is healthy if consumed in moderation, as is milk and other calcium rich foods. If you decrease your overall daily caloric intake, you should lose weight, no matter what the diet consists of. You could eat nothing but red meat or chocolate and still lose weight if your calorie total was less than 1200 calories. I lost 75 pounds and ate ice cream every single day on the diet, but it was all about allocating calories for maximum enjoyment and to keep the mental demons at bay. Anyone can follow this sensible strategy.