• May 4, 2024

Although much has been said that you should not take decisions on an empty stomach, because you do not think correctly, this reasoning it no longer has as much scientific validity as before.

And it is that according to an investigation published in the magazine Plos One , people are better able to take decisions fast successful when they have hungry .

Hunger, your best ally

The researchers of the Utrecht University , made a series of tests , for those who asked the participants not to eat foods the previous night, and the next morning some were given food and others were not.

For the first two tests, the participants took the test Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), which is used to evaluate performance in a complex task. The results showed that people hungry they performed better than those that were sated .

In a third test, a group of participants was asked to answer 27 questions in which they were asked forced to choose between receiving a small amount of money in the present or a larger amount in the future. As a result, those who had not eaten chose the second option.

Among the reasons that can be obtained based on the study, why it is better do not eat before taking a decision they find each other:

1. You appreciate the best rewards in the short and long term.

2. Drink decisions in a "hot state" (motivated by the emotions ) Yes it is beneficial.

3. The hungry improvement, rather than compromising, the taking of decisions advantageous

4. They take less risks , thinking of decisions that benefit more in the long term.

5. The hungry and the appetite , they make you more based on instinct, which benefits complex decisions with uncertain results.

The researchers attribute this result to the fact that, when we have hungry , we are more likely to take decisions impulses, based on the emotions . But since people who did not eat had better results, it seems that this "technique" really works.

What else can help you?

The sugar . Yes, scientists X.T. Wang Y Robert D. Dvorak , of the South Dakota University , indicate, based on a study, that the brain needs to glucose to be able to take good decisions . So consume the right amounts for your organism .