#3 "Why we eat more than we think: Mindless Eating" by Brian Wansink, Ph. D
I feel like whenever I talk about a book I never am quite able to express just HOW good it is.
I obviously wouldn't refer a book to anyone if I didn't think it would 1) make an impact on the way you see dieting or working out 2) be actually enjoyable, funny, interesting to read.
So know matter how much I lack important detail, your just going to have to trust me and go get the darn book.
I read this in four days and I can honestly say I will never over-eat unless its on PURPOSE, ever again.
This awesome book was recommended to me by my friend from Santa Clara, whose physiology class required her to read .... (Thank you Maxine!) :)
Brian's writes about his life which consists of numerous studies he conducts that revolutionizes our awareness of how much, what, and why we're eating. The answers he finds are bonkers.
This book will literally change the way you will think about your next meal.
What does your favorite comfort food say about you?
Can the size of your plate really influence your appetite?
Why do you eat more when you dine with friends?
Here's just an example in the book that specifically stuck in my head for some reason. Brian does one study where he places four bowls on a table and tells the "lab rats" not to move the bowl. What they don't know is that two of them have a hole on the bottom that is connected to a hidden tube that slowly seeps a little more tomato soup in it slowly, little by little so it doesn't look too suspicious. They are given twenty minutes to eat. The two people with normal bowls eats about one can of soup. The people with the trick bowl ate THREE cups of soup! that's 300 more calories! They were even eating after the twenty minutes were up.
This book will literally change the way you will think about your next meal.
What does your favorite comfort food say about you?
Can the size of your plate really influence your appetite?
Why do you eat more when you dine with friends?
Here's just an example in the book that specifically stuck in my head for some reason. Brian does one study where he places four bowls on a table and tells the "lab rats" not to move the bowl. What they don't know is that two of them have a hole on the bottom that is connected to a hidden tube that slowly seeps a little more tomato soup in it slowly, little by little so it doesn't look too suspicious. They are given twenty minutes to eat. The two people with normal bowls eats about one can of soup. The people with the trick bowl ate THREE cups of soup! that's 300 more calories! They were even eating after the twenty minutes were up.
Conclusion: We stop eating when there's no more food, we continue when there is abundance.
There's a ton of other crazy things Brian and his team put together and almost every outcome is astounding!
We don't pay attention to when were hungry or full. We use time to tell us it's dinner time and time to eat. We have plates that we eat until everythings gone, that's when we stop eating. Even the people around us determine how much we eat. When their done we're done, right? Your not going to keep sitting at the table eating when everyone's left the restaurant, are you?
It sounds simple. "Eat when you hungry."
But it's much more complex than that.
You'll never look at portions the same again after you read this!
It sounds simple. "Eat when you hungry."
But it's much more complex than that.
You'll never look at portions the same again after you read this!
