Slim down thinking about food

• May 10, 2024

Scientists of the Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, United States), they discovered that before the desire to eat chocolates and sweets, the simple fact of think in it, it could be enough to calm the appetite and eat less, to be thin .

According to the magazine Science, the researchers verified that if a person visualize who consumes a packet of chocolates or a piece of cheese and enjoys every bite he eats, will be satisfied with less food the moment he ingests a real food .

The effect is explained by the phenomenon of habituation : while for most people, the first bite of each meal is the best, as we continue to taste the food, each bite is less attractive than the previous one.

The doctor Carey Morewedge of Carnegie Mellon and his colleagues, found that the imagination It may be enough for a person to become accustomed to food. The moment you really consume them, they will no longer arouse the same interest.

According to experts, this could become a useful and safe strategy to lose weight and eliminate grease the rest.

On the other hand, Joachim Vosgerau , co-author of the study, states: "To a certain extent, imagining a simple action is a substitute for real experience. The difference between thinking and experimenting may be smaller than it was supposed to be. "

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