In 1984, President Ronald Reagan declared the third Sunday of each July to be “National Ice Cream Day,” and it doesn’t seem like a coincidence that he picked a date in the middle of the hottest month in the United States, climatologically speaking, to commemorate a treat enjoyed by more than 90% of the United States’ population.
Whether the ice cream truck jingle has children running outside or a local ice cream spot has a line wrapped around the building, it’s clear that ice cream has found a special place in many Americans’ hearts — especially during summer.
However, according to Applied Human Nutrition professor and food researcher at Mount Saint Vincent University, Dr. Bohdan Luhovyy, ice cream doesn’t have the cooling effects many people think it does. And he said it’s all about the ingredients.
