Is it possible to lose weight by eating ice cream? According to the ice cream diet, also proposed by well-known nutritionists, yes and it is very simple as well as tasty.
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousIt's possible to lose weight by eating ice cream? According to ice cream diet, also proposed by well-known nutritionists, yes and it is very simple as well as tasty.
During the summer days when it is very hot, you often want and need to eat fresh things, among these the ice cream certainly occupies a prominent place, usually considered a snack. There ice cream diet instead it provides for the inclusion of what is a food in all respects like meal replacement. Let's see how ...
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How the ice cream diet works
La ice cream diet starts from the assumption that ice cream is a complete food, in fact it contains sugars, proteins and fats especially if you choose in the cream variants in which there is milk and / or cream. Since the goal, however, is lose weight usually it is recommended to choose fruit ice creams, lighter and less caloric, or sorbets and not really every day indulge in the one based on creams.
If you want to follow this summer diet you have to replace a main meal of the day with ice cream, lunch is generally more convenient since you are often away from home and maybe it is practical to eat something quick as well as tasty.
If you are willing you can also choose to prepare your own ice cream at home with seasonal, genuine and organic ingredients:
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Generally the ice cream diet it is followed for only one week and depending on the case it allows lose 2-3 pounds quickly. It can then be repeated over time, letting for example a month pass before following it again.
Summarizing the ice cream diet:
- replaces a normal meal with ice cream
- lasts a week but can be repeated after a break
- allows you to lose 2-3 kilos
What to eat on the ice cream diet?
La ice cream diet plans to eat healthy and not too caloric for breakfast and dinner, choosing fresh seasonal foods, whole grains and the right amount of protein and healthy fats. Obviously the main feature is that of replace lunch or dinner with ice cream (never eat it after a meal).
Of course we focus in particular on which type of ice cream would be better to choose. As already said, the fruit variants are better as they are less caloric but a mozzarella ice cream with fresh fruit or a mix of creams and fruit is also allowed. In fact, consider that ice cream contains different calories depending on the chosen flavor:
- Chocolate ice cream: 240 calories per 100 grams
- Coconut Ice cream: 240 calories per 100 grams
- Fior di latte ice cream: 218 calories per 100 grams
- Pistachio ice cream: 200 calories per 100 grams
- Hazelnut ice cream: 185 calories per 100 grams
- Vanilla ice cream: 180 calories per 100 grams
- Lemon Ice Cream: 130 calories per 100 grams
- Strawberry ice cream: 120 calories per 100 grams
- Soy milk ice cream: 102 calories per 100 grams
It would be good to prefer the homemade ice cream rather than the industrial or packaged one that contains a long list of not exactly healthy and natural ingredients even if it is generally less caloric.
Sand you are intolerant to milk or vegan it is obviously possible to replace the traditional ice cream with that made from soy milk or rice milk.
Weekly menu scheme
We present a possible food scheme of the ice cream diet in which at lunch you replace the meal with this food and for the rest of the day you follow a normal Mediterranean-style diet. Naturally this is only a generic indication, ask a nutritionist for advice which will show you the best diet designed for your specific needs.
MONDAY'
Breakfast: yogurt or milk (including vegetables), whole grain muesli and fruit
Lunch: mixed fruit ice cream
Price: vegetable soup with wholemeal bread croutons
Snacks: fruit, yogurt or biscuits
TUESDAY'
Breakfast: juice or extract, tea or infusion with wholemeal bread, cold cuts or chickpea hummus
Lunch: fiordilatte ice cream with fresh fruit on top
Price: baked sea bream with potatoes
Snacks: fruit, yogurt or biscuits
WEDNESDAY'
Breakfast: toast with wholemeal bread with ricotta
Lunch: half ice cream half fruit cream
Price: escalopes with vegetables and a wholemeal sandwich
Snacks: fruit, yogurt or biscuits
THURSDAY'
Breakfast: yogurt or milk (including vegetables), whole grain muesli and fruit
Lunch: cream ice cream
Price: eggs with seasonal vegetables and bread
Snacks: fruit, yogurt or biscuits
FRIDAY'
Breakfast: juice or extract, tea or infusion with wholemeal bread, cold cuts or chickpea hummus
Lunch: yogurt ice cream with fresh fruit on top
Price: risotto and salad
Snacks: fruit, yogurt or biscuits
Saturday
Breakfast: toast with wholemeal bread, cheese or cold cuts
Lunch: mixed fruit ice cream
Price: pasta and beans or legumes and vegetables
Snacks: fruit, yogurt or biscuits
Sunday
Breakfast: yogurt or milk (including vegetables), whole grain muesli and fruit
Lunch: half fruit ice cream
Price: spelled or barley salad with seasonal vegetables
Snacks: fruit, yogurt or biscuits
The opinion of the nutritionist Pietro Migliaccio
The well-known nutritionist Pietro Migliaccio spoke positively about the ice cream diet. Obviously this food should never be added at the end of a meal but eaten individually, only in this way can it be a friend of our line.
According to the expert, it is possible to follow the ice cream diet for only one week but even every other week, obviously not if you have diabetes or are obese.
To deepen the topic see also:
- ICE CREAM DIET: LOSE WEIGHT BY EATING IT FOR A WEEK
- HOW MANY CALORIES IN ICE CREAM? DOES THE ICE CREAM DIET LOSE WEIGHT?
Ice cream diet, contraindications
The ice cream diet is a one-time diet to achieve rapid weight loss. This however it has no long-term effects and it is not unlikely that those who follow it, once they return to their usual diet, will also take back what had been lost.
In fact, we do not try to educate about proper nutrition but we promote it a simple and tasty trick to lose a few pounds quickly. It can therefore be useful on special occasions but not if you want to seriously do work on your body for which we always recommend that you contact an expert who will evaluate the situation of the individual person specifically.
The ice cream diet is not recommended for diabetes sufferers and obese people for which it is necessary to make a type of controlled feeding much more targeted and of a different kind.
