Mindless eating

by on October 18, 2006 at 5:44 am in Books, Science | Permalink

The best diet is the one you don’t know you are on.

I am not surprised to read this:

When eating in group of four or eight, light eaters ate more, and heavy eaters ate less.

Those are both from Brian Wansink’s Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think.

Here is a New York Times article about the book; it summarizes the book’s practical tips.  Never let yourself forget how much you are eating.  You might also use smaller bowls and wrap transparent candy containers in aluminum foil. 

Slocum October 18, 2006 at 7:46 am

“Never let yourself forget how much you are eating.”

I would say, just the opposite — never *think* about how much you are eating. The human body (and mind) are not designed to maintain body weight by conscious calculation of the right amount to eat. So eat healthy foods, get enough exercize, and let your appetite mechanism take care of worrying about counting calories (that’s what it’s for).

Eduardo Pegurier October 18, 2006 at 2:17 pm

Evolutionary Fitness: a Tyler’s post about marathons took me to Art de Vanu’s blog on diet and exercise.

It simply works. There are no recipes, just some simple principles and a scientific mind backing and researching them. With less exercising and a change of habit about nutrition led me to lose 12 pounds and excellent shape. It took several months but it was no work at all.

Read De Vany (http://www.arthurdevany.com/). It’s fun to read and he is got all you need to shape up easily

sdf March 31, 2008 at 1:56 am

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