Did you know? Ice cream has shown a surprisingly unusual association in long-term nutrition research.
Researchers from Harvard and other institutions have analyzed decades of dietary data involving hundreds of thousands of people. One analysis found that ice cream consumption was associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, an unexpected result considering its sugar and fat content.
Scientists have suggested that the structure of dairy foods, including their combination of fat, protein, and sugar, may influence how the body processes them.