冰淇淋健康嗎?
OK, I'm just going to say right up front that as a nutritionist, I would never categorize ice cream as health food per se. But lately several seemingly healthier versions of the sweet stuff have appeared on the market, and a few brands are flying off supermarket shelves. Before you grab a spoon and dig into any of these better-for-you pints, here's a look at a few popular options, and what you should keep in mind.
好吧，作爲一名營養師，我只想說，我個人決不會將冰淇淋歸爲健康食品。但最近，市場上出現了幾款看起來更健康的冰淇淋，好幾個品牌都被一掃而空。在拿勺子挖這些更有益健康的冰淇淋之前，看看這些受大衆歡迎的選擇吧，瞭解需要牢記的事情。
Adding nutrients doesn't automatically make ice cream healthy
添加營養素並不會使冰淇淋變得健康
Halo Top made headlines this month when it became the best-selling pint of ice cream in the country, surpassing top brands like Ben & Jerry's. In addition to milk, cream, and eggs, Halo Top's ingredients include fiber, milk protein concentrate, and the sweeteners stevia and erythritol. The latter is a type of sugar alcohol, which tastes sweet but doesn't get absorbed like regular sugar, or raise blood sugar levels.
美國冰淇淋品牌Halo Top成爲本月美國銷量第一的冰淇淋，超過領頭品牌Ben&Jerry's。除了牛奶、奶油和雞蛋，Halo Top冰淇淋的成分還包括纖維、牛奶蛋白濃縮物、以及甜葉菊和赤蘚糖醇甜味劑。後者是一種糖醇，嚐起來很甜，但不像普通糖一樣易被吸收，或會提高血糖水平。
As a result, a pint of Halo Top contains just 240 calories, with up to 24 grams of protein, and nearly 50% of the Daily Value for fiber. That's a better nutritional profile than traditional ice cream. But still, Halo Top is a treat-just one with less sugar, fewer calories, and more protein and fiber.
因此，一品脫的Halo Top冰淇淋只含有240卡，卻含有24克蛋白質和近50%的日需纖維量。相比傳統冰淇淋，其營養成分的確更高。但Halo Top冰淇淋仍是甜點--只不過糖分更少、熱量更低、蛋白質和纖維更多罷了。
In other words, it's not a good idea to polish off a pint every night-or to eat one in place of dinner (which a few of my clients admit they occasionally do). Another caveat: Erythritol can cause bloating and gas in some people.
換言之，每晚都吃一品脫冰淇淋並不是個好主意--或者不吃晚飯，而是吃一罐冰淇淋（我的幾個顧客承認自己偶爾會這麼做）。另一個警告：赤蘚糖醇會引起一些人腹脹、放屁。
You may not feel as satisfied
你可能並不會感到滿足
Enlightened, which is marketed as "ice cream that's good for you," is similar to Halo Top. The product's makers start with skim milk and add milk protein isolate (to bump up the protein), fiber, erythritol, and monk fruit extract-another natural, no-calorie sweetener that has become popular alongside stevia.
Enlightened冰淇淋的推銷語是"有利身體健康的冰淇淋"，和Halo Top類似。該產品的製造商從脫脂牛奶開始，然後添加牛奶蛋白分離物（增加蛋白質含量）、纖維、赤蘚糖醇和羅漢果提取物--這是另一種天然的無卡甜味劑，和甜葉菊一樣流行。
The macro-nutrient numbers are pretty similar to Halo Top's. It's worth mentioning that like stevia, monk fruit extract is 150 to 300 times sweeter than sugar. Anecdotally, some of my clients find that the intense sweetness actually stokes their sweet tooth, rather than satisfying it. And some say they don't like the aftertaste.
其含有的營養數量與Halo Top十分相似。值得一提的是，像甜葉菊一樣，羅漢果提取物比糖甜150至300倍。有趣的是，我的一些客戶發現這種濃烈的甜味實際卻刺激而非滿足了他們對甜食的渴望。有些人表示他們不喜歡吃完之後的餘味。
