Ice cream for breakfast makes you smarter, claims scientist

There has never been a better excuse to eat ice cream for breakfast.

A Japanese scientist has found people who eat the treat "immediately after waking up" can become smarter, according to the Daily Mail.

According to his research, ice cream boosts people's reaction times and reduces their mental irritation.

Yoshihiko Koga, a professor at Tokyo's Kyorin University, asked test subjects to eat ice cream in the morning.

They then completed a series of mental exercises on a computer.

Professor Koga tested another group who had a normal breakfast.

He found that the ice cream group were better at processing new information and showed faster reaction times.

Sounds like a cold sugary shock to the system.

Read the full story on the NZ Herald.