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Posted on 05/25/2023 2:23:22 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
The internet is overflowing with pictures of food.
Many food images are uploaded to sell specific foods. The idea is that the images will make us yearn for a McDonald's burger, for example.
New research shows that images can actually have the opposite effect. At least if we see pictures of the same product repeatedly.
A number of experiments reveal that we can get a sense of satiety if we see the same image more 30 times. Tjark Andersen, explains more.
"In our experiments, we showed that when participants saw the same food picture 30 times, they felt more satiated than before they had seen the picture. The participants who were shown the picture many times also chose a smaller portion than those who had only seen the picture three times, when we subsequently asked about the size of portion they wanted," he says.
It may sound strange that the participants felt full without actually eating anything. But this is really quite natural, explains Tjark Andersen.
"Your appetite is more closely linked with your cognitive perception than most of us think. How we think about our food is very important," he says. "Studies have shown that if you make people aware of different colors of Jelly Beans, even if they have eaten all they can in red Jelly Beans, will still want the yellow ones. Even if both colors taste completely the same."
Within brain research, these findings are explained with so-called grounded cognition theory. For example, if you imagine putting your teeth in a juicy apple, the same areas of the brain are stimulated as if you actually take a bite of an apple.
"You will receive a physiological response to something you have only thought about. That's why we can feel fully satisfied without eating anything," he says.
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
Will it work for beer?
Yeah...staring at food pics doesn’t ease my hunger in the least.
I WILL say, however, that with a recent stomach flu, pictures of food made me nauseous...never had that happen before!
Butter,cream, and Parmesan
Not hard to make tastes delish
Well just send food magazines to the hungry.
I find that watching a pga or lpga golf match is as beneficial as going to the range and hitting some balls myself so this makes perfect sense.
Just hope you don’t get fixated on the new Bud Lite commercial. Not good, Mav!
Nah, you can’t.
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