Ice cream in winter, a strategy to get back in shape

ROME - With the warm months approaching, the desire to get back into shape returns, thanks to the long time spent at home due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Among the most popular suggestions is that of physical exercise to regain your figure and a healthy and balanced diet that does not give up on taste. Among the foods recommended to get back in shape, ice cream is also reported by experts in winter because - it is claimed "it is a complete meal from a nutritional point of view and contains fats, carbohydrates and proteins". "The important thing - it is recommended that it does not become a habit in consumption". In particular, Martina Toschi, biologist and nutritionist, consulted by Tonitto 1939, a market company producing sorbet in Italy and creator of the Linea ice cream made without added sugar and sweetened with stevia extracts in a "healthy" mode, claims that "as long as it does not become a 'habit and if included in a balanced diet, ice cream is a complete meal from a nutritional point of view because it contains fats, carbohydrates and proteins ". "Furthermore - he adds - it must be considered to all intents and purposes an annual dessert that can also be consumed in winter in different and creative ways compared to summer alone, perhaps as a coffee or chocolate drowning, enhancing the cold-hot contrast that is irresistible".