Arctic Zero — Eat the WHOLE Pint, Guilt Free, For Only 150 Calories

The next time you decide to cozy up with Ryan Gosling and The Notebook,  go completely HAM — let the streams of tears pour down your cheeks, gulp down a few glasses of red wine (it has powerful antioxidants!), and stuff your face with an entire PINT of Arctic Zero frozen yogurt.

You might be pondering: “um…this is a health and fitness website, why in the world is he telling me to eat a pint of ice cream!? Doesn’t that have like a BAZILLION calories, enough sugar to kill a small child, and the fat of 1,000 seventeenth-century kings!?”

Well young Padawan, I’m about to rock your world.

One ENTIRE pint of Arctic Zero runs only  150 fat-free calories; compare that to a pint of Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia, which packs 1,000 calories and nearly 100 grams of sugar. If you really wanted to, you could have SIX pints of Arctic Zero — count ’em SIX — for fewer calories than one pint of most Ben & Jerry’s flavors.

It gets better — it also has 14 grams of high quality whey protein and 8 grams of heart-healthy fiber, all for only 20 grams of sugar. It’s essentially a glorified Chobani Greek Yogurt, except that it actually feels indulgence-y.

Flavors & Taste

Arctic Zero currently comes in 8 flavors:

• Chocolate
• Chocolate Peanut Butter
• Coffee
• Cookies & Cream
• Mint Chocolate Cookie
• Strawberry
• Vanilla Maple
• Seasonal Flavors (Pumpkin Spice, etc.)

While I can only speak to the mint chocolate cookie, vanilla maple, and strawberry, it actually has a really pleasant taste and consistency. It’s creamy and lightly sweet, and tastes exactly like the flavor advertised. I was thoroughly impressed, honestly expecting it to taste like watered down goopy sludge.

*One note of caution:  DO NOT engage the pint thinking it’ll taste like Ben & Jerry’s — you’ll be underwhelmed, disgruntled, and presumably unleash your anger back on me.

The stuff has 150 calories for the entire pint! Give it a little leeway.

Random Other Tidbits That You May or May Not Care About¹

• Gluten free
• Fat free
• Lactose intolerant friendly (how nice of them)
• Only natural or organic ingredients
• Low glycemic, which is advantageous for Type 2 Diabetics
• 14 grams of whey protein per pint
• Kosher
• Non-GMO
• No sugar alcohols

Final Word

Arctic Zero is a phenomenal, guilt-free, healthy indulgence — in fact, it’s one of the best snacks I’ve ever come across. It’s perfect as a post-workout snack, movie treat, or way to cool down during the hot, steamy summer.

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 References

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Bryan DiSanto is the Owner & Editor-in-Chief of Lean It UP, a culinary student at Le Cordon Bleu – Paris, an ACE-CPT & CSN, NYU graduate, ex-fat kid, and all-around fitness/nutrition nutjob.

He also contributes to Men's Health Magazine.

When he’s not working on his (or somebody else’s) abs, whipping up Eggocados, or running a Tough Mudder, he’s probably off yelling at a Carolina Panthers game somewhere.

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