Health benefits of homemade ice cream are numerous, if consumed moderately.

This sweet treat has many health benefits. Yes, that is right; it has nutritional benefits that add to a healthy way of life. They are rich in calcium, protein and various vitamins. However making ice cream at home increases the health benefits of ice cream drastically while maintaining the essential dairy values.

Information on homemade ice cream benefits:

Dairy products have healthy diet in spite of its high animal fat content. Dairy products are healthy only when consumed in moderation. Milk and cream are the two main ingredients in an ice cream. Ice cream is considered unhealthy only because of its high sugar and by making our own ice cream, we can control the type and amount of sugar added. There are many substitutes for superfine sugar, such as honey, fruits or sugar free tablets. By supplementing the sugar by honey, it helps in lowering both the calorie and carbohydrates in-take.

No Artificial Additives

We can add flavoring to the ice cream as per our choice. Regular ice creams contain many artificial flavoring and chemical preservatives that helps in enhancing the flavor. Homemade ice cream can be made healthier by adding strawberry or grapes in it.

Fresh Ingredients

It is easy to make the homemade ice cream healthy buy adding all fresh fruits, good nuts, etc. but it is impossible to know when the ingredients, such as fruits and nuts, in a commercial ice cream were picked and processed correctly. Fresh fruits have high nutritional value as well as superior taste.

Calcium, Protein and Vitamins

Dairy foods like milk provide up to 75 percent of calcium and contribute directly for healthy bones and teeth. One serving of ice cream provides about 1000 mg of calcium. It has also high level of protein: One serving of ice cream contains 8 grams of protein. We can increase the protein content in the ice cream by adding egg custard base.  It also helps in boosting essential vitamins and minerals, including potassium, vitamins A, D, B12 and riboflavin.

Variant Flavors

You can get creative in preparing homemade ice cream. We can prepare the rare flavors which are not available in the super market, such as sweet corn, tea, goat cheese and so on. Experiment with flavors that may produce a healthy yet amazing taste.

Some of the unknown facts of Ice-cream:

• This simple sugar delight is help in losing weight, shedding the belly fat and keeping you on the weighing scale.
• Calcium in ice cream helps lower the risks of disease such as high blood pressure, colon cancer and kidney stones.
• Calcium also helps in reducing bloating, resolving the mood swings and other problems involving pre menstrual syndrome.

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