Recent hot weather has probably had you scrounging about in the depths of your freezer for whatever can cool you down: a bag of frozen peas to the head, a cacophony of ice cubes poured into your water bottle, and yes, probably an ice cream or two (or three).
Given their place on the food pyramid as a dessert, ice cream is not traditionally seen as a healthy addition to your diet – particularly the forms that are categorised as ultra-processed.
But in a new book, Dr Ezekiel J Emanuel, an American oncologist, world leader in health policy and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, makes a compelling case for it. He says our anxiety over foods such as ice creams are the result of an overly prescriptive understanding of health and wellness. In Eat Your Ice Cream, he dismisses overcomplicated regimens and unforgiving diets and explores his six simple rules for living a long and healthy life without falling for quick fixes. And, as the title suggests, ice cream can play a part.
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Ice cream is a filling dairy food with genuine health benefits
