Boy, people can be bossy.
Eat this. Don’t eat that.
Don’t eat that. Eat this.
. . . at the fast-food restaurant, at the deli, at your momma’s.
The problem is, not everybody agrees. A few months ago we shared some recommendations for snacking at the ballpark, courtesy of the MSN Fitbie article Diet Friendly Ball Park Snacks. One of the recommendations: eat the snow cone, not the ice cream cone. According to the article, a snow cone “is surprisingly low-cal with only 30 calories and 5 g of sugar.”
Imagine our bewilderment today when we came across the article 6 Terrifying Theme Park Foods, also courtesy of MSN Fitbie. Worst Frozen Treat? THE SNOW CONE! (We don’t use all caps often, just for the occasional punch.) Their “Eat This Instead” recommendation? Ice cream.
If you’re confused, we don’t blame you. One article claims a snow cone has only 30 calories and 5 grams of sugar, while the other article claims a snow cone has 270 calories and 68 grams of sugar.
Who’s right? It depends. How big is your snow cone?
The ice cream facts are just as useless. In the first article, they tell us a cup of ice-cream has 500 calories. In the second article, they tell us half a cup of ice cream has 125 calorie (for those of you who don’t like to add, that’s 250 calories for the whole cup.)
Who’s right? It depends. How premium is your ice cream?
So what have we learned? We’ve learned it’s not as simple as eat this, not that.
The best advice is, eat what you want, but if it’s high in fat, sugar, and/or calories, watch your portion size.
