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Published July 09, 2008 09:38 am - The temperature hasn’t hit 100 degrees yet, but it certainly felt like it Monday, with the highest temperatures recorded to date in 2008. So it’s appropriate that July is National Ice Cream Month. I scream, you scream: Ice Cream Month By BETTY SMITH Press special writer TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS — The temperature hasn’t hit 100 degrees yet, but it certainly felt like it Monday, with the highest temperatures recorded to date in 2008.
So it’s appropriate that July is National Ice Cream Month. If you haven’t indulged so far, it’s time to take out that cool half-gallon from the freezer and dip up a cone, dish or sundae. And if you’re particularly ambitious, you might want to make your own, although few people use the old hand-cranked freezer today when electric ones are available. And there are all sorts of ice cream freezers available for use in the freezer section of your fridge, if you don’t want to mess with the ice and salt. “Ice cream is my all-time favorite food, but if you are not careful you can get way too many calories and fat, if not eaten in moderation,” said Michelle Goss, clinical dietitian for Cherokee Nation Three Rivers Health Center. Goss suggests these trips to enjoy ice cream without increasing your waist size: • Rather than using a soup or cereal bowl, serve ice cream in a custard bowl. It’ll look full but contain less calories. • Stick with vanilla or chocolate ice cream to avoid added candy, nuts, etc. You can add some fresh blueberries or strawberries to vanilla ice cream for better nutrition, as well as more flavor. • Try low-fat or no sugar added ice creams. You can’t tell much difference. “Blue Bell ice cream is my favorite. They have a no sugar added vanilla ice cream that is good and has more calcium than other brands,” Goss said. She likes to go out for a soft-serve cone instead of keeping a carton of ice cream at home, where the temptation is easier to succumb to. “My favorite ice cream is chocolate almond,” said Heather Winn, extension educator for the Cherokee County Oklahoma State University Extension Service. But since her younger son is allergic to nuts, she no longer keeps it around. But she said there are plenty of ways to enjoy ice cream and incorporate it into a healthy diet. “Ice cream is a great way to get one of your three dairy servings a day. In the summertime, it really hits the spot,” she said. 
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