1.Helps you lose weight
If you think eating ice cream makes you obese, this might change your mind. A recently published study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition mentions that women who consume diary products at least once a day, such as ice cream, gained less weight than those who didnt. Of course this doesnt mean that sitting on a couch with a bucket of icecream in your lap every night will make you leaner. But a half-cup serving of icecream (containing roughly about 140 cal+7g fat+14g sugar) , can be reasonable in your daily diet. Also Dietain Samantha Heller(https://www.sharecare.com/user/samantha-heller-7) has a podcast on this.
2. Having fertility problems?
Babies are sweet as icecreams. A Harvard study published in the journal Human Reproduction suggests that consuming full-fat milk or ice cream may increase the chances of conception. The study investigated the diet habits of 18,000 women between the ages of 24 and 42. Women who ate full-fat ice cream two or more times a week had a 38% lower risk of ovulation-related infertility than women who had full-fat ice cream less than once a week.
3. Contains important nutrients
A healthy ice creams’ major ingredients are milk, sugar and flavoring. Ice cream does provide your body with a bucnh of key nutrients, including bone-strengthening calcium and phosphorus, blood-pressure-lowering potassium and energizing B vitamins. It also contains a decent amount of protein, which is important in regenration of tissues and cell growth.
4. Makes you smile.
Wonder why you feel ecstatic every time you take a lick? It’s not just the delicious taste. One study found that a spoonful of the cold stuff actually makes you happy. Yes it is the temperature difference that you feel comforting your senses. Researchers from Institute of Psychiatry in London tracked the brain activity of people eating vanilla ice cream. As soon as the participants swallowed ice cream, they saw an immediate effect on an area of the brain called the orbitofrontal cortex, a pleasure center that activates when people enjoy themselves.
5. It may boost your sex drive.
Need some help between the sheets? Try ice cream before the action.. That’s because it has fairly high levels of calcium and phosphorus, both of which help build your muscles’ energy reserves and hence boost your libido. If you’re a woman, vanilla may add a charm on your skin. A study out of Chicago’s Smell and Taste Research Foundation found that men who smelled the scent of vanilla had an increased their arousal in a matter of seconds.
Original article http://blog.doctoroz.com/sharecare/sharecare-top-5-surprising-benefits-of-ice-cream
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