US studies link ice cream to reduced chances of developing insulin-resistance syndrome

TWENTY-YEAR-OLD research in the US once linked dairy-based desserts like ice-cream to heavily reduced chances of developing insulin-resistance syndrome.

This is a precursor to diabetes in overweight people, but although ice cream has a lower glycaemic index than super-healthy brown rice, doctors in the UK have given the recently resuscitated findings an icy reception.

“Ice cream may contain nutrients which could be beneficial, like calcium, and it has a low glycaemic index,” said Dr Duane Mellor, a senior lecturer and dietitian at Aston Medical School.

“But this is likely to be outweighed by its sugar and calorie content,” he added.