Everyone knows how to lose weight properly, but not everyone succeeds. Because, as always, an important role is played by certain nuances
MYTH. You can lose weight only by consuming more calories than you consume.
True. In fact, there are lifhakas that are not related to the calorie content of food, but at the same time help to lose weight.
Small plates
If the diameter of the plate is reduced from 20 to 18 cm, then the amount of food that a person will consume will decrease by 22% per year. Such conclusions are contained in the study of the American scientist Brian Vansink, which was published in 2006.
This feature of human behavior is associated with an illusion, which is called "circles Titchener." Within the framework of this illusion, people perceive the dimensions of one circle differently depending on the size of the neighboring circle. In the case of plates, this means that if the same amount of food is put on a large and small plate, a person will feel that there is less food on the large plate and he will not feel full.
By the way, in another of his studies Wansink notes that on white plates people slope to put more food to fill the visual voids with food. Color plates are perceived by our brain as more "stuffed".
Food Photos
Specialists from the American University of Brigham Young conducted studies that prove that viewing a large number of food photos helps to consume less food.
According to scientists, a person "tired" of the taste of the product even before he tried it. In the experiment, those participants who looked at snapshots of salty dishes received much less pleasure from eating salted nuts and ate less of them.
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Tetris
Scientists are convinced that the effectiveness of the method is to concentrate the brain on a specific task. In the process of concentration on the game, the brain is distracted from the idea of food or a cigarette, replacing these needs with an interest in the game.