Pickle Popsicles
Has the world gone mad?Don't get me wrong; I like a good dill pickle just as much as the next guy or gal. But pretty much the last thing I would think about pouring in a mold to freeze as a Popsicle is pickle juice! That's right folks, there's a new product on the market called Pickle Pops and they are frozen pickle juice treats. Sort of "frozen dairy aisle meets deli counter."
According to the company that makes them, Pickle Pops are made not from just the brine left over from pickling, but from freshly squeezed pickles, much like an apple or orange is pressed.
"Once people try them they are hooked!" notes the company in a recent press release. Pickle Pops arose from good old-fashioned American ingenuity. Texas roller skate rink owner John Howard started freezing pickle juice for the kids and adults and was selling out every night. And that's how Pickle Pops were born.
The company also touts some possible health benefits to their pickle juice pops including information on a recent study that suggested pickles blunted the blood sugar spike by as much as 30% after a high carb meal. I remember seeing another study or two similar to this using vinegar. It was hard to imagine drinking vinegar on purpose, but eating a pickle or slurping down some pickle juice? Now that might be more manageable for some people.
NOTE: Pickle Pops have no fat and have less than 1 gram of sugar.
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2 Comments:
Hello WEB MD, Thank you for writing this article on us. At first i was also taken aback by the idea of a frozen pickle pop but after hearing about its popularity in Texas, we thought why not run it up the flag pole.
We received an email from Beverly James Senior Director of Special Events Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Fort Worth/Tarrant County Chapter regarding "cystic fibrosis/sodium chloride correlation". She was very delighted about our product being a treat for these people needing a higher than normal sodium intake. She referenced this page in her email to us: http://www.cff.org/LivingWithCF/StayingHealthy/
I have just received an email your readers referring to a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy in Austin Texas:
Hello John, I just had a very nice chat with a gentleman who's son is a cancer patient @ the Dell's Children's Hospital in Austin. When kids are on chemotherapy their taste buds get blasted and all out of whack. Sugar stuff really tastes bad to them. He son was given a Pickle Pop by one of the nurse's.....he loved it.
Dell Children's Hospital
Pediatric Oncology Department
My former fiance was a 6'4" 295 pound former college foorball player. When he stopped training his weight ballooned to 500 pounds!!!! He is from Texas and heard about this pickle diet from someone. He first went on a week long cleanse and after that went on a mediteranian diet of sorts with each meal or snack followed by a dill pickle or a pickle popsicle. Sure enough in about a year he lost 200 lbs! He has kept it off for about 2 years now. whether or not it was safe I don't know all I know is, It worked!
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