WHEW!!! I'm sure glad to have your professional opinion in this, Kathrynne! WHADDA relief! Here I was all day - worried that be forced to start drinkin' BEER (YECH!) of Coke (NEVER that diet junk - the "real thing!") <lotsa sugar!> Ben 'n Jerry's? But... but.... but THEY don't 'hold a candle to the freshly- made-each-day Coldstone Creamery's home made ice cream! Not even CLOSE! I mean THIS is reeeeeally special stuff, Kathrynne! UNIQUE!!! Ben 'n Jerry's? Ferget it!!!!! <grinning, ducking & running from alla them B&J fans on the List who'll be on my tail now> Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] ---------- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Kathrynne Holden, MS,RD Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 1997 1:08 PM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Re: The cold facts Barbara Mallut wrote: > That said, I usually drink a large iced coke to wash down the pizza. THEN I > dive into the aforementioned ice cream > does the calorie count > ONLY become balanced to zero weight gain if ya drink beer with the pizza 'n > ice cream, or will coke do the same thing? Beer has a definite edge, but coke will work also -- it must be regular coke, not diet coke, though. > And does the flavor of the ice > cream make any difference in the calories being deducted from one's >body fat? Any Ben & Jerry's flavor will work fine -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD Editor-in-Chief, "Spotlight on Food--nutrition news for people 60-plus" http://www.fortnet.org/~fivstar and NUTRITION TOPICS copy-ready handouts http://www.dietetics.com/class/fivstar/ Tel: 970-493-6532 Fax: 970-493-6538