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FireGryphon wrote:I got an ice cream maker, and I love using it. I throw milk, cream, sugar, and some flavoring into the thing, turn it on, and in 30 minutes I have delicious ice cream. It's easy as can be, but I am having trouble making sugar free ice cream. The only change to the recipe is that I use sucralose instead of sugar. The end product with sucralose is a watery mess that doesn't resemble ice cream one bit. I hypothesize that real sugar does something to bind and gunk up the ice cream that sucralose doesn't. I tried adding some egg whites, but this had zero effect in adding binding to the ice cream.
Does anyone here know what to add to make sugar free ice cream actually resemble ice cream in form?
FireGryphon wrote:Not to pick....but why not just cut the portion size and frequency of consumption instead? The reason most people are having to watch their weight to begin with has more to do with how much they eat vs. what they eat. The whole American infatuation with low-fat, low-cal, and artificial sweeteners just encourages people to literally have their cake and eat it too instead of demonstrating any self-control.The point of making the ice cream sugar free is to cut down the carbs so people watching their weight can eat it. I will look for other sugar substitutes and see what happens...
Vrock wrote:Well that's easy then, just tell the fatties to put the spoon down.
FireGryphon wrote:The point of making the ice cream sugar free is to cut down the carbs so people watching their weight can eat it. I will look for other sugar substitutes and see what happens...
pikaporeon wrote:I love all the weight comments yet no mention of diabetes, which certainly can exist in thin people.
paulWTAMU wrote:Well yeah....but the calories come from the fat and carbs.I'd argue it's the calories that are the problem, not the fat or carbs.
The reason most people are having to watch their weight to begin with has more to do with how much they eat vs. what they eat.
If you eat a bunch of real vegetables, coconuts, meat, and fish, completely loaded with fat and all the calories that come from it, you aren't going to turn into a balloon with a reduced life expectancy.
OneArmedScissor wrote:As if that weren't enough, sugar also feeds cancer cells!
paulWTAMU wrote:I'd argue it's the calories that are the problem, not the fat or carbs.
OneArmedScissor wrote:So, I'll be honest. Your post: TLDR. Not all of it anyway, because it was evident from the first sentence of your eight page nutritional dissertation that you missed my point entirely. So here it is: people aren't fat because they eat an occasional donut, or have a couple of bowls of ice cream a week, or grab that Kit-Kat from the vending machine at work between 3 pm and quitting time every now and then.The reason most people are having to watch their weight to begin with has more to do with how much they eat vs. what they eat.
Completely and utterly wrong. The problem is 100% what you eat - sugar, particularly any kind containing fructose.
Vrock wrote:pikaporeon wrote:I love all the weight comments yet no mention of diabetes, which certainly can exist in thin people.
Well duh. But thin people who have diabetes aren't getting it because they're fat, so your comment is pointless.
Vrock wrote:OneArmedScissor wrote:So, I'll be honest. Your post: TLDR. Not all of it anyway, because it was evident from the first sentence of your eight page nutritional dissertation that you missed my point entirely. So here it is: people aren't fat because they eat an occasional donut, or have a couple of bowls of ice cream a week, or grab that Kit-Kat from the vending machine at work between 3 pm and quitting time every now and then.The reason most people are having to watch their weight to begin with has more to do with how much they eat vs. what they eat.
Completely and utterly wrong. The problem is 100% what you eat - sugar, particularly any kind containing fructose.
They're fat because they do it ALL THE TIME.
Moderation, dude. Moderation is the key. The food pyramid works. When it says "fats, oils, and sweets, use sparingly" it means it. That was my point. I know, I know: fructose is poison, and you don't take poison in moderation, right?
You're just as bad as the fatties.
superjawes wrote:EAT REAL FOOD.
This would solve 90% of anyone's nutritional problems. Real food (veggies, fruits, meats), are filling without beefing up on extra calories, which does, in fact, work with your point about how much anyone eats.