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Full-fat, triple-chocolate, cookie-dough ice-cream is certainly not on anyone's list of healthy foods, but low-fat or even regular vanilla (or a similarly plain flavour) is not nearly as bad for your waistline as you might think. Some research even suggests it could help you to shed body weight, when consumed in small amounts.

Key is ice-cream's high calcium content. A survey by researchers at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville found that calcium-rich foods help to slow down or even stop lost weight from creeping back onto your body. Just remember to limit the number of scoops..."