Interesting article about ice cream
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http://www.today.com/health/your-brain-body-ice-cream-6C10588116
Before You Dig In
Your brain's pleasure and reward centers light up, prompting you to really crave that mint chocolate chip -- even if you're not very hungry.
Fueling the fire: Your hippocampus, a key memory player, starts reminding you just how good ice cream tastes and how happy you felt the last time you indulged.
After the First Bite
Fat and sugar coat your tongue, igniting your taste buds and alerting the brain, This stuff tastes great! Your noggin churns out dopamine and other feel-good chemicals.
Your pancreas, meanwhile, is squirting out insulin, which moves sugar out of the bloodstream and into your tissues. (That's fine in small doses, but eating sugar too often can lead to a wacky metabolism, weight gain, or diabetes.)
To avoid overeating, your stomach starts releasing appetitecontrolling hormones, like ghrelin and peptide YY. Give them time: In one study, people who spent 30 minutes lingering over their ice cream felt fuller than those who ate the same amount in five minutes.
After a Few Minutes
Sensing the cold, your brain tries to warm itself. Enter a sudden, sometimes painful rush of blood through your head's main artery -- a.k.a. brain freeze. (Holding your tongue to the roof of your mouth can help.)
After an Hour
Protein, fat, and carbs are filling your body's quick-energy stores -- but only if you worked out earlier. If you didn't, those stores might be full, so your fat cells absorb the 300-plus calories instead.
The Next Day, and the Next. . .
Treating yourself now and then can amp up your mood, but research shows that slurping ice cream four or five times a week can dull the pleasure, causing people to eat more to get the same sense of satisfaction.
Before you scoop, look at your serving ware. One study found that people subconsciously helped themselves to 31 percent more ice cream when using a larger dish, and ate 15 percent more when the serving spoon was larger.
Sources: Linda Bartoshuk, Ph.D., University of Florida; Kyle S. Burger, Ph.D., Oregon Research Institute; Philipp Scherer, Ph.D., The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Before You Dig In
Your brain's pleasure and reward centers light up, prompting you to really crave that mint chocolate chip -- even if you're not very hungry.
Fueling the fire: Your hippocampus, a key memory player, starts reminding you just how good ice cream tastes and how happy you felt the last time you indulged.
After the First Bite
Fat and sugar coat your tongue, igniting your taste buds and alerting the brain, This stuff tastes great! Your noggin churns out dopamine and other feel-good chemicals.
Your pancreas, meanwhile, is squirting out insulin, which moves sugar out of the bloodstream and into your tissues. (That's fine in small doses, but eating sugar too often can lead to a wacky metabolism, weight gain, or diabetes.)
To avoid overeating, your stomach starts releasing appetitecontrolling hormones, like ghrelin and peptide YY. Give them time: In one study, people who spent 30 minutes lingering over their ice cream felt fuller than those who ate the same amount in five minutes.
After a Few Minutes
Sensing the cold, your brain tries to warm itself. Enter a sudden, sometimes painful rush of blood through your head's main artery -- a.k.a. brain freeze. (Holding your tongue to the roof of your mouth can help.)
After an Hour
Protein, fat, and carbs are filling your body's quick-energy stores -- but only if you worked out earlier. If you didn't, those stores might be full, so your fat cells absorb the 300-plus calories instead.
The Next Day, and the Next. . .
Treating yourself now and then can amp up your mood, but research shows that slurping ice cream four or five times a week can dull the pleasure, causing people to eat more to get the same sense of satisfaction.
Before you scoop, look at your serving ware. One study found that people subconsciously helped themselves to 31 percent more ice cream when using a larger dish, and ate 15 percent more when the serving spoon was larger.
Sources: Linda Bartoshuk, Ph.D., University of Florida; Kyle S. Burger, Ph.D., Oregon Research Institute; Philipp Scherer, Ph.D., The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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I thought of two things:
The mental image of a pancreas "squirting out" insulin is disturbing yet hilarious.
My Good Humor bar is only 160 calories, not 300-plus. So there.0 -
Thank you for providing an article filled with information about the nutrition of ice cream that is apparent to everybody and is already common knowledge...Ice cream is tasty and delicious and I will continue to fit it into my macros and eat it regularly0
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My Edy's slow churned vanilla ice cream is only 100 calories per serving... Unless I scarf down 3 servings, that is no where near 300+ calories. Just sayin' ... Granted it's not perfect for my macro split coming in at 60c/32f/8p, I still am not going to feel guilty about eating a serving a few times a week.0
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I am absoulitily(sp) addicted to ice cream!0
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Shhhhhh, Ignorance is bliss. I want to still enjoy my icecream. (:0
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IN b4 Sara.
Oh and I prelog food so I know how much ice cream I can have.
Beautiful phrases in there though. I never imagined my pancreas squirting before, but now I will.0 -
So essentially what you're trying to say is that Ice Cream is essentially crack.
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I find this entire article rather arousing.0
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I find this entire article rather arousing.
me too.0 -
Also InB4 Sara!
Ice cream should be eaten daily!0 -
Wait. So your body thinks ice cream tastes good? And then reacts in a way to process the calories consumed? And is fattening if you eat it over your calorie limit?
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I don't get the purpose of this article. It is not exactly telling us anything new. And what is so bad about my "noggin churn[ing] out dopamine and other feel-good chemicals"? I like to feel good. And I always feel more 'oomphs' in my workouts after ice cream. It could be a mental thing or not. But either way, I figured it's a win win for me. Cliche time: Moderation is key.
So is this article for, neutral or against ice cream? Because I think it just prompts me to go get some. So, yay for ice cream?0 -
Protein, fat, and carbs are filling your body's quick-energy stores -- but only if you worked out earlier. If you didn't, those stores might be full, so your fat cells absorb the 300-plus calories instead.
Well that's wrong I'm afraid. You don't have to work out earlier for the ice cream to not be stored as fat. As long as you are in maintenance or a deficit it will not be stored as fat.
Another pointless scare tactic article D- for effort I'm afraid.0 -
I find this entire article rather arousing.
me too.
Hey baby. :laugh:0 -
This entire post is completely WRONG.
I dont crave Mint Chocolate Chip AT ALL!
Its that damn Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough you have to watch out for!!!0 -
This entire post is completely WRONG.
I dont crave Mint Chocolate Chip AT ALL!
Its that damn Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough you have to watch out for!!!
Cookie dough is my favorite!!!!0 -
Om nom nom
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This is better porn than Twilight multiplied by 50 Shades.0
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TL;DR Ben & Jerry's new flavor Chocolate Peppermint Crunch is orgasmic. IIFYM!0
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Om nom nom
I am in love with you. Marry me?0 -
"Give them time: In one study, people who spent 30 minutes lingering over their ice cream [ended up with it all over their shorts.]"0
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Thanks for posting! I needed a serious reminder. I have serious problems denying Ice Cream, so thank you!0
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"Treating yourself now and then can amp up your mood, but research shows that slurping ice cream four or five times a week can dull the pleasure, causing people to eat more to get the same sense of satisfaction." So it can be like a drug...0
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Wait. So your body thinks ice cream tastes good? And then reacts in a way to process the calories consumed? And is fattening if you eat it over your calorie limit?
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:0 -
Wait. So your body thinks ice cream tastes good? And then reacts in a way to process the calories consumed? And is fattening if you eat it over your calorie limit?
Did you even read the article? Ice Cream is a Cylon bent on your destruction. Nothing more or less.0 -
Thanks for posting! I needed a serious reminder. I have serious problems denying Ice Cream, so thank you!
Some of the most successful people on this forum eat ice cream literally every day.
You don't need to give up ice cream.0 -
Your brain would deliver the same response if you truly enjoyed brocolli. This is the brain's reaction to ANY pleasurable stimulus.
Not really seeing the point of this article.0 -
Never met an ice cream I didn't like.0
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Your brain would deliver the same response if you truly enjoyed brocolli. This is the brain's reaction to ANY pleasurable stimulus.
Not really seeing the point of this article.
If only my brain felt this way about broccoli...0 -
Your article convinced me that tonight, my pancreas must squirt out insulin, It MUST! :drinker:0
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