Journal of Healthy Living » Food http://journalofhealthyliving.com To a healthier, richer, and more rewarding life Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:46:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 10 Things That Are Surprisingly Good For You http://journalofhealthyliving.com/10-things-that-are-surprisingly-good-for-you.htm http://journalofhealthyliving.com/10-things-that-are-surprisingly-good-for-you.htm#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:01:20 +0000 jim http://journalofhealthyliving.com/?p=189 The List Universe has a list of ten things that are surprisingly good for you, which really means they’re healthier than you may think. The reality is that most things that are bad aren’t that bad when taken in moderation, but I was very happy to learn that Ice Cream made the list at #1.

Ice-cream is a low GI (glycemic-index) food. This means that it is a slow sugar release food that keeps you satisfied for a longer period of time than a high GI food. For that reason, you are less likely to binge after eating ice-cream. 75 grams of Ben and Jerry’s Cookies and Cream ice-cream contains only 114 calories compared to a slice of cheesecake with 511 calories. Furthermore, ice-cream is made of milk which contains many essential nutrients and vitamins. 1 cup of milk contains up to 30% of a man’s daily recommended intake. Other nutrients in ice-cream are biotin, iodine, potassium, selenium, vitamins a, b12, D, and K. Studies show a possible link between milk consumption and a lowered risk of arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease, colorectal cancer.

The full list:

  1. Pornography – yay!
  2. Smoking
  3. Beer
  4. Cannabis
  5. Chocolate
  6. Red Wine
  7. Caffeine
  8. Stress
  9. Dirt
  10. Ice Cream
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