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Too lazy to create an archive link from my phone but this quote has me interested to read the rest. >Among diabetics, eating half a cup of ice cream a day was
by ratg13 4y ago
Too lazy to create an archive link from my phone but this quote has me interested to read the rest.
>Among diabetics, eating half a cup of ice cream a day was associated with a lower risk of heart problems
- wskinner 4y agoCompared to what? Eating a pint?
- atleastoptimal 4y agoPerhaps that may be the confounding variable. Anyone capable of eating only a half cup of ice cream has 99th percentile willpower which likely translates to other healthy habits.
- thaumasiotes 4y ago> Anyone capable of eating only a half cup of ice cream has 99th percentile willpower which likely translates to other healthy habits. They're diabetics. You might be surprised how many people are able to comply with the directive "don't overdo this, or you'll die a horrible death". Though you shouldn't be.
- James_Henry 4y agoWho is telling type 2 diabetics that they are going to die a horrible death from eating ice cream?
- James_Henry 4y agoThat's not how this works
- James_Henry 4y agoCompared to none. But the article doesn't really say that it is actually good for diabetes. It's an association.
- wskinner 4y agoThe article didn't link to the paper (or if it did, I wasn't able to find it). If you're basing this claim on the original paper, can you share a link?
- James_Henry 4y agoHere is the relevant table. It seems that it's not compared to none, but rather compared to less than one serving per month. https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-014-0215-1/tables/5 https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s1291...
- nordsieck 4y agoThe key questions are: what is the study size, and what is the effect size?
- albatrosstrophy 4y agoI would appreciate an archive link though
- consumer451 4y agohttps://archive.is/SYiLH https://archive.is/SYiLH
- atleastoptimal 4y agoWouldn't just drinking milk be healthier?
- James_Henry 4y agoWhy? The whole point of the article is that people are making assumptions based off of common wisdom and we only trust the data when it seems to confirm our assumptions. Also, ice cream is pretty different than milk.
- atleastoptimal 4y agoThe issue is ice cream is a mixture of ingredients. It has cream, sugar, milk, and sometimes eggs. Seeing if there's an effect with just one of the ingredients would offer greater specificity.
- munk-a 4y agoYour mood has a strong effect on your health - stress is a huge source of deaths in the US (probably the largest by far but I have no studies to link). If a half a cup of ice cream significantly improves your mood and takes you out of depression then yea - it's probably pretty good. Please also be aware that if we're discussing the American diet there are plenty of folks who drink coke like water - ice cream has a pretty equal amount of sugar by volume of coke and the lack of excessive amounts of sodium means that there's less of a drive to over consume it. Sweets eaten in reasonable quantities can be part of a healthy diet to maintain weight - though generally for weight loss you'll want to cut out as much sugar as you can or find better sources for it since our bodies are terrible at processing it. 1. https://www.coca-colacompany.com/au/brands/coca-cola https://www.coca-colacompany.com/au/brands/coca-cola 10.6g per 1/2 cup (ish) vs. https://smartlabel.unileverusa.com/077567274731-0001-en-US/index.html https://smartlabel.unileverusa.com/077567274731-0001-en-US/i... - 19g per 2/3s of a cup
- James_Henry 4y agoI'm pretty sure there's more than mood going on here. Why is there not a "soda effect"?