冰淇淋是popular dessertlogged by1manbext — and for good reason. It’s hard to imagine summers or special occasions without a scoop of your favorite hard-packed flavor or a soft-serve cone. Still, you’d be hard pressed to find an ice cream shop, social or truck where you don’t hear at least one person lamenting about how they “shouldn’t,” will need to “burn it off” or are going to “be bad” just this one time.
As a non-diet, “all foods fit” dietitian, this drives me mad and tugs at my heartstrings. It’s not you or the ice cream that is bad or unhealthy, it’s thediet culturepromoted through warped messaging from the media.
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NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS
冰淇淋有能量,或者卡路里,我们每天都需要各种食物,例如水果,蔬菜,全谷类,瘦蛋白and yes, fun foods like ice cream. Depending on the type, it also has a bit of protein (around 2 grams per 1/2 cup) and somefat(about 7 grams per 1/2 cup), which helps slow digestion and keeps us satisfied. Ice cream also contains calcium, which promotes strong, healthy bones and small amounts of other vitamins and minerals like vitamin A andmagnesium.
Still, we also know ice cream containssugar,当大量消费时可能会产生负面影响.
WHY ICE CREAM SHOULD BE ON A NEUTRAL PLAYING FIELD
Despite some of the positives listed above, ice cream is often vilified for being “bad” or “unhealthy.” This black-and-white thinking diet culture wants you to associate with food — good or bad, healthy or unhealthy — does nothing butevoke feelings of shame or guilt around food. It can even lead people to associate morality with eating (i.e., thinking “I am bad because I ate ice cream”), which can lead tobinge eating,溜溜球节食以及对您与食物和生活质量的关系的其他负面影响。
We can start to change this by thinking about food in a neutral way — not as black and white but as gray. Focus onincluding a variety of foodsin your diet and add foods that may have been on your “bad” list gradually and occasionally. If one of those foods is ice cream, take yourself out for a scoop on a relaxed afternoon and savor it for what it is — a cooling and delicious sweet treat — then enjoy the rest of your day while holding onto those positive feelings. This can be much easier said than done, and working with a non-diet dietitian can also be extremely helpful.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Yes, ice cream can be part of a healthy lifestyle. Eating ice creamin moderation, if you enjoy and desire it, indicates ahealthy relationship with foodand gives you a lot more brain space to focus on other important things in your life. I often tell clients thestresscaused by avoiding certain foods, like ice cream, because they are perceived as “bad” is a lot more harmful in the short- and long-term.
Let’s recognize that whilevitamins and minerals很重要,健康与大局有关。这意味着getting quality sleep, focusing on self-care,regularly moving your body,寻找方法支持心理健康and more. The foods that truly nourish you in a holistic sense can and should change on a daily basis. Sometimes that food is ice cream, and that is OK.