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Ice cream is even better because it melts... if you are eating it over a period of 30 minutes, you've only had half of it because most of it melted and dripped onto the ground/your hand! If you eat ice cream really fast and then jog, you will probably get a cramp. But you might puke instead, which would make ice cream come out ahead again. ---

But seriously, this is a bad comparison. Eating the same amount of ice cream over 5 minutes or 30 minutes will have the same amount of calories.

The difference is that eating more slowly causes you to feel full at a lower amount of food eaten, which will keep you (typically) from consuming as many calories.

It is just as useful to eat a set amount (in five minutes) that is 10% less than what you would have eaten.

I think the technical term for this phenomena is the 'inverse Japanese hot-dog guy effect'.



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