Bodies By M.E.

When you think about ice cream, do you ever think about the healthiest way to eat it? I have, I can be a loser like that. For years I would order my infrequent ice cream treat in a cup thinking that would be the healthiest way to eat it. I hate to admit it, I was wrong.

Licking ice cream is more satisfying than eating it with a spoon, says Kay McMath, a food technologist for New Zealand’s Massey University.” Flavor in ice cream is released when the fat- which carries the flavor- is warmed by body temperature. Licking warms ice cream, a spoon insulates it.

Take home message- Go for the cone, it takes five minutes for our brain to register our level of satiety.

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