"Ice cream diet" cleanse claims weight loss: Is it healthy?
By Ryan Jaslow
/ CBS News
A California ice cream shop claims you can lose weight with a "cleanse" that consists of eating five pints of a frozen non-dairy ice cream-like treat for four straight days. The cleanse offered by Kippy's! Ice Cream Shop in Venice, Calif., also includes daily yoga exercises, and costs $240 for the four-day plan, CBS Los Angeles reported.
Owner Kippy Miller says the frozen treat is "plant-based, raw coconut cream. So it is no dairy, no sugar and no soy."
The five pints work out to about 1,200 calories per day, with 70 grams of fat and more than 120 grams of total sugars, according to the station. Twelve people completed the yoga-ice cream cleanse and lost weight, Miller said.
Kippys' website notes all the ice creams are made from coconut water, coconut cream, fresh fruit and raw local honey.
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