FOX Weather is celebrating National Ice Cream Day by having Sugar Hill Creamery in studio. Nick Larson gives us a look at some flavors to help us cool down this summer.
The next time you grab that scoop and shovel out a bowl of sweet ice cream to cool off on a summer day, how much you consume could make you feel even hotter.
"I wouldn't tell anybody not to have ice cream during the summer. That's just wrong," said Tara Marchello, a registered and licensed dietitian with the University of Kansas Health System. "It's enjoyable. It gives that instant cooling effect in our mouths."
By no means is ice cream a toxin, but the dose can often make anything unhealthy.
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But that's where the digestion starts. And when we eat something with calories, whether ice cream or food in general, it takes some work toburn off the fats, proteins and sugars.
"It’s all about the thermic effect of digestion and absorption," Marchello said. "And when we digest, it creates energy and heat. And therefore, our body temperature can go up."
And while the effect is insignificant – unless you were eating nothing but ice cream – it's not always what we do, but what we're not doing, too, that affects our body temperature.
"Staying hydrated with water as a priority is most beneficial," Marchello said. "Are you drinking enough no sugar added water?"
When deciding on foods to include in your day, you want to include foods with a good water content into your meals and snacks; such as tomato or cucumbers, berries and melon, Marchello adds.
When we eat something with calories, whether ice cream or food in general, it takes some work to burn off the fats, proteins and sugars.
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These items have higher water content and keep the body a little more hydrated, which helps that balancing effect.
But it's not the indulgence of ice cream that can make you feelyour body burning off the calories; eating heavy or fried foods in the summer, in addition to meats and bread, should be limited.
"If we're doing lots of cakes or treats, those foods are heavier. They just take a little more work," Marchello said. "Even high protein meals can make you feel that way."
These backyard summer picnic favorites go through that same thermic effect of digestion and absorption where the body's temperature is always trying to balance itself out.
(Whether it's old-fashioned vanilla, mint chocolate chip or peaches crème, just remember moderation.)
"Anything with really any substance of calories, even having like a lemonade on a hot day, it's certainly less caloric, less fat, less protein than ice cream, but ultimately it's sugar. So it's taking some digestive work."
By no means is ice cream a toxin, but the dose can often make anything unhealthy.
Whether it's old-fashioned vanilla, mint chocolate chip or peaches crème, just remember moderation, take your time and savor the moment. Your mind and body will thank you later.
And when we eat something with calories, whether ice cream or food in general, it takes some work to burn off the fats, proteins and sugars. “It's all about the thermic effect of digestion and absorption,” Marchello said. “And when we digest, it creates energy and heat.And therefore, our body temperature can go up.”
Although, it may seem like a 'cool' treat, but ice cream is loaded with sugar and fat, and made with incompatible combinations that are heavy to digest and produce more heat as a result.
Summers are all about sweating, cursing the weather and having anything and everything that keeps you cool. However, unlike popular belief, ice creams do not cool your body and can be detrimental. Instead of cooling down your body, ice cream increases the temperature.
It is best to avoid fried and oily foods during the summer because they affect digestion and clog your skin's pores with excess oil. Artificial sweeteners and flavouring agents in processed foods are harmful to the body.
Since there are 2 to 4 million sweat glands in the human body, sweating actually cools you off more efficiently than a cone of ice cream or cold drink. Ice cream and other cold food may actually do more harm than good when you are trying to cool down.
While it is possible to eat ice cream daily during the summer, it may not be the healthiest choice for your body. Ice cream is high in sugar and fat, which can lead to weight gain and other health issues if consumed in excess.
Experts suggest eating any foods that contain added sugar and saturated fat, like ice cream, in a moderate and mindful way. In excess, these foods might displace nutritious choices in your diet and increase the risk of chronic conditions like heart disease, high cholesterol, obesity and diabetes over time.
In the winter, your ice cream will last longer than it would in the summer. This means that you can take your time to savor each spoonful without worrying about it melting too quickly.
Eating ice cream before bed is a bad idea because its high sugar content can negatively impact sleep and its high dairy content can cause an upset stomach.
Experts recommend eating produce with high water content, such as berries, watermelon, cucumbers, tomatoes, celery and bell peppers. While lettuce is known to contain a lot of water, Wood said darker greens such as kale and spinach can also be hydrating.
Drinking cold water lowers the body temperature and takes a fever down. Staying hydrated at any time is important, but when the body is in distress, using the cold water helps tremendously.
Drink small sips of room temperature or cool water, which is easier for your body to process than cold water. Consume sports drinks infused with electrolytes, and foods such as bananas, cucumbers, watermelon and salty snacks like pretzels and crackers. Wait 24-48 hours before resuming any physical activity.
Indeed, ice ingestion has been demonstrated to lower the core temperature by 0.3–0.5 °C and improves endurance exercise performance by 0.6–19% [8–10]. Lowering the core temperature by ice ingestion allows for greater heat storage capacity during exercise, in turn delaying the onset of hyperthermia-induced fatigue [7].
If you consume too much of it, it can cause weight gain, visceral fat, fat around the waist circumference (aka love handles!). It can also lead to diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, increased cholesterol and high blood pressure.
When we eat ice it gets inside our body and close to our organs and then it lowers the temperature in that local area. But, our body don't want our ioner organs to have a lower temperature, as the important organs start dieing when they are colder than 35 celcius.
Not much. Your body always maintain a relatively constant body temperature, around 36–37 degree Celsius. This is called homeostasis. Therefore it won't change a lot after eating either hot or cold food.
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