Is it healthy?
Yogurt
is generally healthy. It contains cultures that are helpful to maintain
intestinal health, has calcium, and is low in calories and fat. An
8-ounce serving of frozen yogurt contains on average about 200 calories, 8 grams of
protein, no fat, and about 32 percent of your daily value of calcium.
The fresh fruit toppings are unsweetened and have very few calories;
so generally, frozen yogurt makes for a healthy snack. However, keep in mind that most of these calories
come from added sugar, so they are more likely to turn into stored fat
in your body if you don't burn them off. While its calcium content is
also pretty good, you'll get almost twice as much calcium from regular
non-frozen yogurt than you will get from the frozen kind. Non-frozen
yogurt also contains more protein.The real trouble comes when you get to the topping counter. Fresh fruit is a great option, but I'm pretty sure you're scooping a little Oreo here and some gummy worms there, a drizzle of syrup and a sprinkle of chocolate chips, so it's pretty hard to claim that you're eating healthy at that point. Most of us have somehow fooled ourselves into thinking that toppings don't count when, in fact, they add up to more empty calories than the entire dish of yogurt. And when you put your yogurt into a cone instead of a cup, you're adding even more empty calories to your dessert or snack—120 calories for a typical waffle cone.
3 Healthy Frozen Treats
Frozen fruit. Even
the worst cook can manage this one. Just pop some fresh grapes,
strawberries, bananas, etc., into the freezer for a bit and pop them in
your mouth. This is a great idea for kids who pass up fruit offered in a bowl. They will
suddenly appreciate this new frozen delight.
Fancy ice cubes. Try
pouring your coconut water into an ice cube tray and inserting
toothpicks when the cubes start to get slushy enough to allow the
toothpicks to stand up. You've made your own healthy mini-popsicles. For
bartenders, this is also a great addition to beverages. Try a glass of
seltzer water with some frozen lemon juice cubes on a hot summer day.
It'll make you forget about lemonade.
Make your own sorbet. You can make delicious ice creams and sorbets out of
fresh fruit and keep out a lot of the artificial colors and flavors and
obscene amounts of sugar that many store brands contain. Blend frozen fruit—berries,
peaches, whatever your favorite is—with some plain yogurt. Before you know it, fruit and yogurt will
be enough of a treat, and you won't even miss the crushed Oreos!
I hope I've provided you with some tasty treat ideas for this upcoming summer!! For more healthy tips like these follow me on Facebook!
