I'm Shocked, Shocked
As you may have heard on the news today, the latest press release from the
Center for Science in the Public Interest states that ice cream contains a lot of fat and is really bad for you.
My favorite response to this was one local newscaster who rolled his eyes and said, "This really doesn't surprise me."
Details follow:
"The staggering calorie and saturated fat content of most of the treats served up at chains like Baskin-Robbins, Ben and Jerry's, Cold Stone Creamery, Friendly's, Haagen-Dazs and TCBY is bound to surprise most consumers."
The CSPI said an empty Ben & Jerry's chocolate-dipped waffle cone, designed to hold at least two scoops of ice cream, itself packs 320 calories and 10 grams or half a day's worth of saturated fat.
"If you put a regular scoop of Chunky Monkey ice cream in that cone, it is going to be worse for you than (a) one-pound rack of baby back ribs, with 820 calories and 30 grams of saturated fat," CSPI nutritionist Jayne Hurley told a news conference to publicize the study.
"This is something eaten by people strolling around a mall," she added. "They have no idea they have just eaten 820 calories and one and a half days worth of saturated fat."
Well then, they must be really stupid. We've known for years that super-premium ice creams like Ben & Jerry's taste so good because they're made with - surprise -
extra butterfat. And did they really think the add-ons like Oreos, fudge sauce, etc. were calorie-free? Give me a break.
posted by Dr. Alice at #
