Halo Top ice cream - safe during pregnancy?

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Anonymous wrote:Just have a scoop of real ice cream. Moderation is your friend.

can you stay on topic?

What, and turn down a golden opportunity to shame a pregnant woman for what she's eating? How could PP possibly pass that up?

Come on, a pregnant comes on wondering if a chemical-ly diet ice cream is bad for pregnancy. I think suggesting that eating real ice cream in smaller portions would be a better bet if she was concerned. That isn't judgy, its practical.

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No, she was wondering if a single component, whey protein, was bad to eat during pregnancy. It is fine to eat during pregnancy. Anything beyond that is you all being food babe cultists. Let the woman eat what she wants to eat.

I am not a food babe cultist. I think she's dangerous and I think that GMOs are derided for false pretense by people worshiping at the altar of false 'naturalness.'

That said, There is a lot of evidence that minimally processed food is generally better for you. IE, eating a potato raw is better than a boiled potato which is one step in processing, mashed potatoes have less nutrition than boiled potatoes due to another processing of the food. So if you have ingredients that took a lot of 'processing' to create they are inherently less nutritious and therefore less valuable calories than something that has been minimally processed like ice cream made with ingredients that can, at least, be procured in a semi natural state.

I get it, a pregnant woman wants to satisfy cravings and control weight. But if you're concerned about an overly processed ice cream ingredient then it is a perfectly reasonable suggestion to say they should just eat real ice cream, which is more nutritious per calorie than an overly processed diet food.

I would also say that we are only just now starting to see what some of these additives and substitutes can do when ingested long term. Aspartame for instance is only recently being questioned as possibly cancerous. Fat substitutes that grew to popularity in the 80's have been shown to have negative effects.

So while certainly issuing a blanket statement that any food found in a lab instead of a farm is evil is wrong, it is not outside the realm of good advice to tell people that an ideal diet would stick with minimally processed nutritious foods when those options are available and affordable.

LOL. Take it from this nutrition expert above, who thinks humans can eat raw potatoes.

Saying that cooking potatoes causes them to use some of their core nutrition content isn't saying that you should eat raw potatoes. Would cauliflower be a better example? Raw > Broiled > Mashed

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Anonymous wrote:Gave me terrible gas. Any diet food is stupid and probably not good for you.

Does anyone remember (quite a few years ago) those "diet" or "healthy" potato chips that gave people "gas with oily discharge"?? Immediately made me think of that.

Olestra!

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Anonymous wrote:Gave me terrible gas. Any diet food is stupid and probably not good for you.

Does anyone remember (quite a few years ago) those "diet" or "healthy" potato chips that gave people "gas with oily discharge"?? Immediately made me think of that.

Olestra!

Omg yes! Thank you! I couldn't remember what the ingredient was but that's it.

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Anonymous wrote:Just have a scoop of real ice cream. Moderation is your friend.

can you stay on topic?

What, and turn down a golden opportunity to shame a pregnant woman for what she's eating? How could PP possibly pass that up?

Come on, a pregnant comes on wondering if a chemical-ly diet ice cream is bad for pregnancy. I think suggesting that eating real ice cream in smaller portions would be a better bet if she was concerned. That isn't judgy, its practical.

+1

No, she was wondering if a single component, whey protein, was bad to eat during pregnancy. It is fine to eat during pregnancy. Anything beyond that is you all being food babe cultists. Let the woman eat what she wants to eat.

I am not a food babe cultist. I think she's dangerous and I think that GMOs are derided for false pretense by people worshiping at the altar of false 'naturalness.'

That said, There is a lot of evidence that minimally processed food is generally better for you. IE, eating a potato raw is better than a boiled potato which is one step in processing, mashed potatoes have less nutrition than boiled potatoes due to another processing of the food. So if you have ingredients that took a lot of 'processing' to create they are inherently less nutritious and therefore less valuable calories than something that has been minimally processed like ice cream made with ingredients that can, at least, be procured in a semi natural state.

I get it, a pregnant woman wants to satisfy cravings and control weight. But if you're concerned about an overly processed ice cream ingredient then it is a perfectly reasonable suggestion to say they should just eat real ice cream, which is more nutritious per calorie than an overly processed diet food.

I would also say that we are only just now starting to see what some of these additives and substitutes can do when ingested long term. Aspartame for instance is only recently being questioned as possibly cancerous. Fat substitutes that grew to popularity in the 80's have been shown to have negative effects.

So while certainly issuing a blanket statement that any food found in a lab instead of a farm is evil is wrong, it is not outside the realm of good advice to tell people that an ideal diet would stick with minimally processed nutritious foods when those options are available and affordable.

LOL. Take it from this nutrition expert above, who thinks humans can eat raw potatoes.

Saying that cooking potatoes causes them to use some of their core nutrition content isn't saying that you should eat raw potatoes. Would cauliflower be a better example? Raw > Broiled > Mashed

OT, but if I remember correctly, broccoli and cauliflower are actually exceptions to that rule. Cooking them actually makes more of their nutrition available.

And I'm not remotely Food Babe-y. I just don't see the point in eating lab-engineered "ice cream" that doesn't taste as good as the real thing, for minimal health benefit.

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Anonymous wrote:Gave me terrible gas. Any diet food is stupid and probably not good for you.

Does anyone remember (quite a few years ago) those "diet" or "healthy" potato chips that gave people "gas with oily discharge"?? Immediately made me think of that.

Olestra!

Omg yes! Thank you! I couldn't remember what the ingredient was but that's it.

I avoid artificially fat-free and many sugar-free foods for that reason. The stuff they use to replace fat and sugar does a number on my digestive system. Bleargh.

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Honestly, just eat the good stuff. I'd rather eat that than fake crap that doesn't taste nearly as good. Isn't that the point of being pregnant?

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NO ONE considered that maybe some people CAN'T eat "the real stuff?" Ice cream gives me gas and makes me bloated. I feel like I'm dying when I eat it. Halo Top doesn't have that effect on me.
Maybe don't freaking judge people that probably eat well and just want some ice cream they can feel good about. Geez...

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Anonymous wrote:Why not just have Turkey Hill all natural ice cream? here's the ingredient list from the Mint chocolate chip
Cream, milk, sugar, chocolate chips, peppermint

B/C Turkey Hill's has 3x as many calories!

I'm guess I'm curious from a nutritional standpoint if its better to eat something "real" vs. artificial

I totally agree with this. Especially when you're pregnant, eat well (meaning eat actual food, all the colors of the rainbow etc) , and in moderation when you need to.

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I like Halo Top, just wish it were more affordable. For those of us who are really bad at eating in moderation, it's a good option.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm obviously the last person on the planet to discover this stuff, but now that I have, I was looking forward to lots of (relatively) guilt free ice cream binge sessions. However... one of my friends pointed out that it might have whey protein which is not ideal for pregnancy. Anyone? Is this ok to eat?

Yogurt also has whey protein. Just eat the Halo top.

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Relax and eat whatever ice cream you want

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Halo Top is disgusting. It’s overhyped by influencers on social media. Totally inedible.

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Anonymous wrote:Gave me terrible gas. Any diet food is stupid and probably not good for you.

Follow this advice!

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Just popping in to say their candy bar flavor is to die for and I’ve found every other one of their flavors disgusting.

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I eat low-carb if I'm concerned.