Are you a Certified Ice Cream Addict?

We celebrate the National Ice Cream Day tomorrow. It may not be an official holiday in the Philippines, but thank God it’s a Sunday because it gives us more reason to appreciate the coolness of this calorie-inducing dessert on a no-work, no-school day.

Ice cream is a sweet delicious mouth watering frozen food eaten as a snack, a dessert, or eaten as your comfort food. Who doesn’t like ice cream from the simple flavours like chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry to this extra ordinary flavors like durian, rose, yes an ice cream made out of a flower, and the out of the world flavors around the world?

Now my question is: are you a certified ice cream addict? Let’s try to test you out if you have these addiction qualities.

1. You crave for it everyday!

It’s calling your name “come eat me, come here eat me”. It may sound funny but, yes, ice cream always calls out your name.

2. Ice cream flavours are so many.

Oh my! Unique flavors are popping out all the time. Exotic flavors, simple flavors, out of this world flavors are there and you just want to taste all of them.

3. You’re not afraid of getting fat.

Surprisingly, ice cream can help you lose weight. Okay, I know you raise an eyebrow now upon reading that. But according to American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, people who ate at least one daily serving of full-fat dairy products, such as ice cream, gained less weight than those who didn’t.

4. You know that it increases your sex drive.

I mean it it actually increases your sex drive! Ice cream has fairly high levels of calcium and phosphorus, both of which help build your stamina and boost your libido. FUN FACT!

5. You just don’t care!

You just don’t care if you will get diabetes. Ice cream is just so tasty. Upon knowing that ice cream can give certain health benefits, you just can’t help eating more than one scoop. It’s addicting.

6. It will definitely make you smile.

Come on every time you lick an ice cream it will make you smile like The Joker!

According to the Institute of Psychiatry in London research as soon as the you swallowed ice cream, they saw an immediate effect on an area of the brain called the orbitofrontal cortex, a pleasure center that activates when people enjoy themselves.

What kind of ice cream addict are you?

Share us your favorite flavors below.

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