CAN ICE CREAM IMPACT YOUR MOOD ?
Ice cream, a yummy delight is often called a mood changer and is said to lift our moods and make us feel happy after consumption. Eating ice cream makes you feel amazing isn't it, scientists have proven that- why ice cream has shimmied into the comfort food list. It has been found that eating ice cream is a stimulus to our brain that acts the same way when we listen to music. A study conducted at the Institute of Psychiatry, London used a functional MRI machine to watch the reaction in people's brains when they had a bite of vanilla ice cream. With a single swallow, the orbitofrontal cortex at the front of the brain lit up in response. This part of the brain is known for “processing” and is known to become activated when people enjoy themselves. Similarly in a study conducted in Belgium, where researchers published images of brain activity during sadness and found out that the brain's responses to sadness were significantly reduced when ice cream was consum...