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Ice cream can be a great source of calcium – especially for kids. But too much ice cream could pile on the pounds. So what do you do? Follow these tips and you can still enjoy your daily scoop.
Take action:
Check out the nutrition facts label before adding your favourite tub of ice cream to your shopping basket. The food label will show you the nutritional values of all the different types of ice creams, including their sugar and fat content.
One cup of most frozen dairy desserts contains at least 20% of the daily recommended amount of calcium. However, whereas regular ice cream has approximately 16g to 18g of fat per cup; the light varieties have about half that amount: low-fat ice cream has about 6g of fat per cup, and fat-free ice cream and frozen yoghurt have no more than 4g of fat per cup. Sorbets are fat-free, but they can be high in sugar.
The solution is to stick to small portions- the recommended portion size for ice cream is only half a cup! Enjoy your ice cream in small quantities and remember to supplement your calcium intake with low-fat milk, yoghurt and cheese and green leafy vegetables.
Read: how much milk and dairy should we eat?
(Photo of girl eating ice cream from Shutterstock)
Take action:
Check out the nutrition facts label before adding your favourite tub of ice cream to your shopping basket. The food label will show you the nutritional values of all the different types of ice creams, including their sugar and fat content.
One cup of most frozen dairy desserts contains at least 20% of the daily recommended amount of calcium. However, whereas regular ice cream has approximately 16g to 18g of fat per cup; the light varieties have about half that amount: low-fat ice cream has about 6g of fat per cup, and fat-free ice cream and frozen yoghurt have no more than 4g of fat per cup. Sorbets are fat-free, but they can be high in sugar.
The solution is to stick to small portions- the recommended portion size for ice cream is only half a cup! Enjoy your ice cream in small quantities and remember to supplement your calcium intake with low-fat milk, yoghurt and cheese and green leafy vegetables.
Read: how much milk and dairy should we eat?
(Photo of girl eating ice cream from Shutterstock)
