Ice cream causing Obesity?

Due to its composition which is full of energy, protein, and fat, especially saturated fat, Ice cream is often blamed as the culprit causing obesity or obesity.

In fact, the energy contribution of ice cream per serving (one cup) about only 10 percent of total energy requirements and fat contribute about 15 percent of total daily fat requirement. This amount is small, so that less fit when ice cream was accused as a ringleader of the causes of overweight or obese.

Obesity is more precisely caused by poor eating habits, especially the excessive energy and fat and lack of physical activity. Obesity is caused by hereditary factors. Risk of obese children when one of her parents' obesity was 30 percent. The risk increased to 70 percent if both parents were obese.

This assumption is wrong about the ice cream also occur in pregnant women. Public opinion that pregnant women should not consume ice, including ice cream. It is feared is the birth of infants with body weights that are too large (oversized baby). Ice cream is consumed as a snack food. Therefore, it will not add too much energy if consumed properly. Total consumption of natural ice cream is two to three cups per week.

Causes of Cough Colds

Many community members think Ice cream as a cause of cough and cold. This is simply not true. Because, when it entered the mouth, Ice cream will melt immediately. Ice cream melting rapidly driven by the influence of body temperature, so when the ice cream into the esophagus temperature is not as cold as ice water.

Different things happen when someone is eating ice-orange. Cold water does not necessarily increase the temperature at admission to the mouth. The increase in water temperature occurs more slowly so that, so when the ice water into the esophagus, its temperature is still very low. This is what actually causes coughing or runny nose. In these countries the four seasons, Ice cream actually consumed during the winter. This is done because the high-energy ice cream that are believed to help maintain body temperature to keep warm.

Ice cream is also used as a cold medicine. This is done because a person suffering from colds required to consume large amounts of fluids to avoid dehydration. Ice cream that also contains water can be used as a provider of body fluids, especially the taste and texture is preferred by patients, so that consumption will greatly assist healing.

Nevertheless, Ice cream should be avoided by people with sore throat, tonsillitis, or asthma. All three diseases can recur if induced by cold temperatures. (Eurekaindonesia)

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