Is it harmful to eat ice cream in winter: the myth is finally debunked

The question is akin to the eternal question of which is better than the chicken or the egg: is it harmful to eat ice cream in winter?

So many people - so many opinions. But that's half the trouble. It's worse when it turns out "so many experts - so many statements."

Some media outlets, citing experts, assure us that ice cream in winter is dangerous to health, if only because it will affect the throat and “attract” diseases, including acute respiratory infections.

Other publications, also citing experts, write that the product will not cause any particular harm, and gourmets have absolutely nothing to fear.

From a position of impartiality

So who should we believe? The one who is based on an objective approach, analyzes, studies, compares, checks and rechecks.

It was this category of experts, neutral in relation to the “defenders” and “opponents” of ice cream consumption in the winter, who finally debunked the formidable myth.

The stereotype has melted away like ice cream in hot weather. Only a puddle can remind us of what once was.

So what do experts who have carefully studied the issue from both sides say?

According to them, only in case of hypothermia, in theory, ice cream can aggravate it, and then it is possible to pick up a wandering virus on your mucous membranes.

Eat it even in Antarctica

But the thing is that such a theoretical assumption has no scientific confirmation.

For example, if you find yourself in Antarctica and enjoy some ice cream, you won’t catch a cold in sterile conditions.

Why? Because the disease requires a virus, not cold or ice cream.

Moreover, in the West, doctors often recommend ice cream to patients to ease an already-onset acute respiratory viral infection.

It will, they say, act as a sort of soothing and emollient for a sore throat.

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• 25 December 2024

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