The TRUTH About Skinny Cow Ice Cream… Don’t Eat This

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1. The meaning of the phrase “ice cream” varies from one country to another. Phrases such as “frozen custard”, “frozen yogurt”, “sorbet”, “gelato” and others are used to distinguish different varieties and styles. In some countries, such as the United States, the phrase “ice cream” applies only to a specific variety, and most governments regulate the commercial use of the various terms according to the relative quantities of the main ingredients.

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   • Gosh, Madison, thank you! We love our awesome customers like yourself.

     Keep up the great work!

     Tim Skwiat
     BT Head Trainer

3. Thank you so much for this article!!!!

   We just recently purchased these again after years of Vegan and clean eating…I could not stand how addictive they were, as soon as I was done one, I wanted another, It’s breakfast time and I am thinking about Skinny Cows….I am not a big over eater so this was catching me off guard.

   I told my husband the other day NOT to buy them any more…something is wrong. If they are THAT addictive. Typically we eat only soya ice cream from Trader Joes with cane sugar and do not have a problem. But these Skinny Cows are Trouble with a capital T!!! Thank you again for answering the burning question we both had….WHY?
   You are so right that these are not really helping ‘diet’ and are miss leading….

   Blessings,
   Sherry Ann

4. As a compulsive label reader, I found the same things you did the last time I was tempted to buy an ice cream treat for my family. However, you do not address the issues surrounding carrageenan which are extremely important for people to understand. I hope this isn’t because you use this potentially toxic substance in your formulations. I will now go read your ingredient lists on the items in my cart! Thanks for the info.

5. Your a complete idiot if you think additives have ANYTHING to do with weight loss / gain, Go do some research, WEIGHTLOSS IS STRICTLY ABOUT CALORIES IN VS CALORIES OUT, Get your facts straight.

   • Hi Tyler,

     Thanks so much for taking the time to read through our blog and share your candid feedback. While we certainly agree that energy balance plays a predominant role in weight loss and weight gain, we do not agree that the quality of one’s food choices and overall nutrition plan do not make a difference.

     While we could offer the absurd example of someone eating 2,000 calories a day from pure sugar versus the same number of calories from carrots, that is not an applicable real world example. However, there is strong data to suggest that simply replacing calories from carbohydrates with an equivalent amount of protein is enough of a stimulus to promote improved body composition:

     A reduced ratio of dietary carbohydrate to protein improves body composition and blood lipid profiles during weight loss in adult women.

     What’s more, the thermodynamics of weight loss diets don’t seem to be that simple. These authors wrote about manipulating the diet to create a metabolic advantage:

     http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/1/1/15

     Here’s some additional research that suggests that the standard American diet, rife with processed foods, leads to rapid weight gain, markers of Metabolic Syndrome, multi-tissue lipid accumulation, and dramatic inflammation above and beyond even an isocaloric high-fat diet:

     http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0038812#references

     http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1038/oby.2011.18/full

     This New York Times article covers a similar topic in great depth:

     The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food

     As far as additives not having anything to do with weight gain, there is an incredibly growing body of research on this very topic, including everything from environmental causes to food additives:

     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279464/

     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20689419

     http://www.amazon.com/Achieving-Victory-Over-Toxic-World/dp/1434362418

     While the research correlating food additives — from artificial sweeteners to dyes to preservatives — is in its infancy, researchers are absolutely investigating this every day to help point a finger to a causative relationship. One very common food additive with which many of us are familiar, MSG, has already been linked to obesity in research. And, we expect to see more and more of this churn out in the future.

     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21471280

     And, we know that artificial sweeteners have also been linked to weight gain and obesity:

     http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666312004138

     Thanks again for your comments, Tyler. I believe this information will be very helpful to many, many others reading the blog. Thanks for your help!

     Tim Skwiat
     BT Head Trainer

6. Skinny Cow???? that should called dead cow. I surely will read the labels now. That stuff will kill ya. My family will know about reading the labels.

   • Hello Florence,

     Thank you for your message. I like your wording: “dead cow,” indeed. They really try to draw you in and fool you with the name of the product — clever marketing.

     Man-made chemically altered food additives are heavily researched. Companies know the exact combinations of sugar, salt, and fat to literally make you addicted. “Frankenfoods” cause a vicious circle of unhealthiness, and it is important to educate ourselves so we can be empowered to make healthy decisions.

     We are happy to share this information to get everyone aware of reading labels and knowing the quality of their foods choices. A great simple rule of thumb is to focus predominantly on one-ingredient foods. Basically any meat, vegetable, fruit, oil, nut, or seed falls into this category — keep it all-natural.

     Best Regards,
     Team BioTrust