Showing posts with label ice cream. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ice cream. Show all posts
Saturday, June 27, 2009
My lunchtime ice cream experiment has backfired
Earlier this week, I asked the question, "Is it better to eat ice cream after lunch or dinner?" Many people answered, "yes!" I'm an ice cream lover too! I had been eating ice cream after dinner, but this week I wanted to try something a bit different. I was going to eat ice cream after lunch. My little clinical study backfired when I couldn't control myself from eating ice cream after dinner every night! So, I've decided that I should limit my ice cream consumption to once/day (otherwise, my BMI will go through the roof). However, now that I've gotten used to eating ice cream after lunch, I'm having a difficult time breaking that habit.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Is it better to eat ice cream after lunch or dinner?
In the U.S., people have a tendency to eat a lighter lunch and then a heavier dinner. This is one of the main reasons why salads are so popular during lunch. Well, I love ice cream and I tend to eat ice cream after dinner. Fortunately, I have a healthy BMI (body mass index) and I exercise regularly, so my ice cream eating habit hasn't made a big impact on my weight yet. However, I think about my health whenever I eat ice cream. For the last few days, I've been thinking about switching my routine ice cream eating routine. Instead of eating ice cream after dinner, I think I'm going to eat it after lunch. After all, I tend to eat less for lunch (I've succumbed to the American way of things) and this way, I get to burn those ice cream calories during the day.
So is it better to eat ice cream after lunch or dinner? I don't think you'll find many clinical studies answering that question. Allow me to conduct this little study on myself and I'll report my findings. Consider this a case report: ice cream after lunch vs. after dinner.
Labels:
consumer health,
diet,
exercise,
fitness,
ice cream,
obesity,
weight loss
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