You can lose 10, 20, even 30 pounds while enjoying your favorite
summer treat – ice cream. New research from the Center for Human
Nutrition at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
shows that ice cream – when eaten as part of a healthy diet – may
actually melt away fat, helping you lose extra pounds faster than
if you had abstained! "In general, if you deprive yourself of
preferred foods, you start to crave them," said Richard Mattes,
PhD, professor of food and nutrition at Purdue University in
Indiana.
The secret, slim-down-faster ingredient is its luscious supply
of calcium. In a recent study, overweight people who took a calcium
supplement lost 26 percent more body weight and 38 percent more
body fat than those who ate the same reduced-calorie diet minus the
supplement.
In addition to all the scientific evidence, many readers have
gotten terrific results on this diet.
"I get fat if I don't eat ice cream," said Rita Soloman, who
lost 50 pounds after ice cream diet. That's when Rita invested in a
trip to a weight loss spa. "They gave us pizza and ice cream! At
the time, I thought it was ridiculous." But once Rita lifted the
taboo on "fattening" food, she dropped the weight. "It's all about
balance," she explains. "When you know you can enjoy ice cream
every day, it's not such a big deal. This diet provides a fabulous
daily treat; it isn't an excuse to go gorge yourself into praline
laced oblivion. For best results, follow these simple rules for
dishing out the creamy stuff:
1. Choose ice creams with 125 or fewer calories per serving.
2. Never, ever eat ice cream straight out of the container.
"Pint diving" is hard to resist, especially at the end of a
nerve-racking day. But the "I'll have just a few spoonfuls"
mind-set is a slippery slope. Soon you'll be literally scraping to
the buttom.
3. To keep your calorie count in check, there is a foolproof
system. Women get one cup and men get one and a half cups of ice
cream every day. You'll still drop pounds, because your treat is
factored in to a nutritious diet that totals 1,500 calories a day
for women and 2,000 calories for men.
?4. You can indulge in full-fat premium ice creams, but
don't do it more than once every two weeks. With all dessert
options, check the label for calories, and adjust your serving
size.
5. No weight loss program is complete without exercise. The ice
cream diet recommends 30 minutes of aerobic exercise 3 to 5 days a
week and 20 minutes of strength training 2 or 3 days a week.
(Source: Beijing Today)
