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The Hidden Brain - Food For Thought: The Subtle Forces That Affect Your Appetite

Treuthiness
Treuthiness Posts: 22 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Streaming Radio Program:
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  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    That was interesting especially the impact of when we eat most of our calories. Thanks for the link.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    Cliffs?
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    edited June 2016
    Jruzer wrote: »
    Cliffs?

    Actually, if you click the only thing that's a link, it's a written article that summarizes the story.

    ETA: Which is essentially 2 sentence summaries of press releases about weight loss studies.
  • Cheesy567
    Cheesy567 Posts: 1,186 Member
    auddii wrote: »
    Jruzer wrote: »
    Cliffs?

    Actually, if you click the only thing that's a link, it's a written article that summarizes the story.

    ETA: Which is essentially 2 sentence summaries of press releases about weight loss studies.

    Click the "listen" button to hear the 20 minute piece.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    auddii wrote: »
    Jruzer wrote: »
    Cliffs?

    Actually, if you click the only thing that's a link, it's a written article that summarizes the story.

    ETA: Which is essentially 2 sentence summaries of press releases about weight loss studies.

    Got it.Thanks. I saw "player/embed" and just avoided it altogether. Reading now...
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Cheesy567 wrote: »
    auddii wrote: »
    Jruzer wrote: »
    Cliffs?

    Actually, if you click the only thing that's a link, it's a written article that summarizes the story.

    ETA: Which is essentially 2 sentence summaries of press releases about weight loss studies.

    Click the "listen" button to hear the 20 minute piece.

    Yes, but Jruzer asked for Cliff's.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    Here's the condensed version of the summary. I thought it was interesting FWIW:
    You may have heard that smaller portions can help you eat fewer calories. Researchers hypothesized that one of the ways smaller food units lead us to eat less is by playing with our perception. They tested this with pizza and found that while study participants tended to eat more small slices, they consumed fewer calories overall because it seemed like they were eating more...even hungry college students ate fewer calories of (free) pizza when it was chopped into tiny slices and put on a big table.

    Researchers found both men and women order more food when they eat with women but choose smaller portions when they eat in the company of men.

    When researchers assigned two groups of overweight women to eat a limited number of calories each day, they found those who ate more at breakfast and less at dinner shed about twice as many pounds as the other group.

    We often try to coax children into eating their vegetables by promising it helps them grow big and strong. Well, research suggests that's the wrong tack. ...They found kids ate fewer carrots and crackers when the foods were described as nutritious rather than tasty.

    Having a heavier waiter may subtly prompt you to eat more.

    Researchers found dieters who planned to relapse every once in a while lost just as much weight as those who didn't. What's more, those who treated themselves were happier with their diet.
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