The Publishers League

September 15, 2009

To Lose Weight Avoid Eating Milkshakes and Ice Cream

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I know how tempting and innocent milkshakes and ice creams appear while you are on a diet. You think how much can they hurt. After all they are mostly air. Well the truth of the matter is that the smallest milkshake you can buy form a fast food stand contains around 28 grams of fat. That is huge considering you don’t get any other nutrients.

You can safely include all commercial ice creams and milkshakes in the junk food category. They are super tasty, sometimes addictive, and super unhealthy at the same time. Luckily there are far better refreshing alternatives you can use if you want to lose weight quickly but still enjoy a cooling treat.

For example you can make yourself a homemade smoothie or a milkshake using low fat ingredients like frozen yogurt, milk, fruits and sugar free chocolate syrup.

From low fat yogurt you can also make a killer ice cream that will be the rave of any party. You can create a fat free version of every ice cream and milkshake on the market and the weight loss result won’t weight to come once you make the switch.

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