Many of us have been told that dessert comes after a meal, well it looks like that strategy should be rethought.
According to experts, eating ice cream for breakfast is good for your health.
A study conducted by Yoshihiko Koga, a professor at Kyorin University in Tokyo, found that eating ice cream in the morning makes you more mentally alert.
As part of the study, half of the group was given ice cream right after waking up in the morning.
Professor Yoshihiko and his team analysed the results of multiple clinical trials that measured brain activity after eating various foods in the morning. According to this study, frozen foods, particularly ice cream, had an “awakening” effect on the brain. As a result, it showed a higher alertness and quicker response. At the same time, ice cream stimulated high-frequency alpha waves, which serve as connectors between conscious thinking and subconscious mind and are responsible for calmness and relaxation.
Another study agrees that ice cream makes you happy
In 2005, neuroscientists at the Institute of Psychiatry in London scanned the brains of test subjects as they ate vanilla ice cream.
The study found that eating ice cream activates the same “pleasure spots” of the brain that are lit up by winning money, or listening to a favourite piece of music.
So, while eating ice cream every morning probably isn’t good for you, eating it for breakfast time to time won’t hurt and it can bring some positive benefits.
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