For many of us, “Ice cream is not a word; it is an emotion!” A pint of ice cream seems to be the ultimate comfort giving food for most of us. But, what will happen if you eat ice cream everyday? Read below and discover it.

There is a good and a bad side of everything. Same is with ice cream too. Let us know about what good and what bad happens if you eat ice cream everyday.

As ice cream is a dairy product, it contains a fair amount of nutrients; calcium being one of them. And when calcium binds with phosphorus(that is found in ice cream), it can help in improving the bone strength.

There are some evidences that the sugars from ice cream can help in promoting muscle building and also prevent protein breakdown with the powerful insulin spike they cause.

It is also known that ice cream, or high-fat dairy can boost fertility. A study published in Human Reproduction found that women who ate high fat dairy like ice cream, increase their chances of becoming pregnant than those women who stuck with skin milk and yogurt. Women who ate ice cream, 2 or more times a week reduced their risk of infertility by 38%. However, more research requires to be done on why it is so.

Ice cream contains a lot of crucial nutrients that our body requires. Calcium, and vitamin A, C, D and E are some of them. However, it must be mentioned that ice cream is not the best way to get these nutrients.

There is a saying; ”You can’t buy happiness. But you can buy an ice cream, and that is pretty much the same thing.” Eating an ice cream actually makes you happy. This frozen dessert slightly increases the serotonin level, which is a neurotransmitter that is responsible for lifting your mood. So, eat an ice cream to improve your mood. However, eating it every day could not be the best idea. Eat it, but in a nutritious way.

A pint of ice cream could have up to 1000 calories and for some people, it is more than half their daily intake. It means, if you keep this habit of eating ice cream every day, it could increase your weight or increase the risk of obesity.

Sugar is known to provide energy and ice cream do contain sugar. However, it is wrapped up by a bunch of fat, and thus it delays the release of sugar. You may feel less energized if you take ice cream every day.

There are 40 grams of saturated fat in ice cream when you are eating. After eating a pint of ice cream, you are likely to see a spike in cholesterol and triglycerides. These levels of triglycerides and cholesterol may drop, as the ice cream moves through your system. However, if they remain high, they can increase your risk of heart diseases. So, eating ice cream every day could be dangerous.

There are several studies that have found that saturated fat and sugar-rich diets like ice cream, can diminish cognitive skills and verbal memory. So, a whole pint of ice cream every day can make your brain become foggier.

Because of the high fat content, your body takes a while to completely digest a pint of ice cream. So, you will feel a little bloated after consuming it.

Ice cream can become your addiction if you eat it every day; and this is absolutely not fair. In fact, a study found that ice cream shared the same addictive-like properties as drugs like cocaine. So, do not make it a habit of eating ice cream every day.

So, we know now that eating ice cream everyday has some good as well as some bad effect on our health. It is okay to have this frozen diet sometimes, but it is not at all a good idea to eat ice cream everyday.