I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for (Healthy) Ice Cream
It’s that time of year for ice cream, isn’t it? I personally don’t like ice cream very much. I don’t reach for it very often, but I’m going to give you the “good, better, best” options and analyze the ingredients for you, so when you do go to the store you’ll be equipped with the knowledge of how to choose good ice cream.
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I like to eat ice cream on a high-carb day. Actually, though I’m wishing for ice cream today, so I’ll probably have some this afternoon. One serving…Two-thirds of the cup. Maybe I won’t eat one whole serving. Two-thirds of the cup has 30 grams of carbs. Right now I am focusing on ketosis when I’m in ketosis, my immune system is stronger. So that’s a really good reason to be in ketosis right now. Eating carbs feed viruses.
You don’t need to be doing that right now. So a really low-carb diet is a great way to boost health so that you can be confident in the strength and health of your body instead of living in fear like most of the world is doing right now. You can choose a different path. It is your choice. Absolutely.
So today, if everything else I eat is really low carb, I can afford some carbs from ice cream. It’s my carb allowance for the day.
If I’m making my own ice cream, I can use raw A2 cows milk because I’m blessed to live close enough to a dairy where I can go buy that. Otherwise, the best milk would be coconut milk because it’s very nutritious. Almond milk would be an ok choice, just not as good.
Always find a substitute for commercial cow’s milk, which I would never drink. It’s pasteurized and full of toxins.
Almond milk and oatmeal don’t have a lot of nutritional value and it’s hard to find some that have a really short list of ingredients. Most of them have a lot of synthetic vitamins in them and preservatives and ‘flavors’. So those are really not good choices.
Go for Coconut milk, raw A2 cow milk, or raw cow’s milk, in that order.
Things you DO want in your store-bought Ice Cream:
Always look for Organic cane sugar. I looked for a long time to be sure that the sugar in my ice cream was cane sugar and that it was organic. I’m not willing to eat something that JUST says sugar because that is genetically modified beet sugar. I’m also not willing to eat cane sugar because they put tons of chemicals on it.
So look for organic cane sugar. Pea protein is acceptable. Sea salt, and vanilla extract, too. Non-GMO.
Things YOU DON’T want in your Ice Cream:
Tapioca syrup, that’s not a good thing, because it’s going to spike your glucose. Guar Gum, that’s a thickener. No! Also ‘natural flavors. I don’t like that. Why don’t they just use a vanilla bean, right? Why did they have to add that crazy natural flavor stuff? I avoid those things.
Make Your Ice Cream:
Dr. Pompa’s keto ice cream is delicious + healthy + simple!
Mint chocolate chip ice cream
– Two cups of grass-fed organic heavy cream
– One can of full-fat coconut milk
– 2 pasture-raised organic eggs
– 2 teaspoons mint extract or flavoring
– 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
– Stevia to taste
– Throw all ingredients into a blender and pour the blended mixture into an ice cream maker!
– Olivia used the Cuisinart ice cream maker for this recipe (So many good deals on Amazon right now)
– Add Lily’s stevia sweetened chocolate chips after it’s finished!