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Desserts Can Actually Help You Eat Healthy
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/wG0PHbEeh70
Eyeing that 10 layer chocolate cake or mile high apple pie before you select your main and side dishes will help you make a more nutritious choice. So says a study from the University of Arizona’s marketing department just published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology:Applied.
Dining subjects were presented with either a luscious lemon cheesecake or fresh fruit as a dessert choice at the beginning or at the end of a cafeteria line. For the meal, they could chose healthy by selecting grilled chicken fajitas with a side salad or unhealthy by picking fried fish and chips.
When the diners put the cheesecake versus the fresh fruit dessert on their trays before selecting the remainder of their meal, they were twice as likely to pick the healthy entree and actually consumed 30% fewer calories. There were similar findings in a test of online ordering for home delivery.
The researchers also observed that diners with alot on their minds by being challenged with a memory test, a so-called “cognitive load,” made poorer food choices. They selected the high cal, high fat foods as well as the mega cal cake.
The next time you eat out or order in, check out that tantalizing dessert display before you order. To relax yourself and clear your mind, have that small glass of wine.
#dessert #cake #fruit #healthyeating #healthnews
David Flores, Martin Reimann, Raquel Castaño, Alberto Lopez. If I indulge first, I will eat less overall: The unexpected interaction effect of indulgence and presentation order on consumption.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2019; DOI: 10.1037/xap0000210
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By Howard G. Smith MD, AMVidcast: https://youtu.be/wG0PHbEeh70
Eyeing that 10 layer chocolate cake or mile high apple pie before you select your main and side dishes will help you make a more nutritious choice. So says a study from the University of Arizona’s marketing department just published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology:Applied.
Dining subjects were presented with either a luscious lemon cheesecake or fresh fruit as a dessert choice at the beginning or at the end of a cafeteria line. For the meal, they could chose healthy by selecting grilled chicken fajitas with a side salad or unhealthy by picking fried fish and chips.
When the diners put the cheesecake versus the fresh fruit dessert on their trays before selecting the remainder of their meal, they were twice as likely to pick the healthy entree and actually consumed 30% fewer calories. There were similar findings in a test of online ordering for home delivery.
The researchers also observed that diners with alot on their minds by being challenged with a memory test, a so-called “cognitive load,” made poorer food choices. They selected the high cal, high fat foods as well as the mega cal cake.
The next time you eat out or order in, check out that tantalizing dessert display before you order. To relax yourself and clear your mind, have that small glass of wine.
#dessert #cake #fruit #healthyeating #healthnews
David Flores, Martin Reimann, Raquel Castaño, Alberto Lopez. If I indulge first, I will eat less overall: The unexpected interaction effect of indulgence and presentation order on consumption.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2019; DOI: 10.1037/xap0000210