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Thinking More About Food may Tempt You to Eat More

by Dr. Enozia Vakil on November 22, 2013 at 5:19 PM
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 Thinking More About Food may Tempt You to Eat More

An analysis has found that people who think too much about food could ruin their diet plans.

He said that people seem to be very creative in coming up with such reasons, asserting that they can justify having the cake on account that it has been a hard day, or that they will exercise tomorrow, that it is a special occasion, or that it is impolite to refuse.

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Huberts said that this is when justification processes become a slippery slope - as the reasons are often applied ad hoc, they no longer form strict rules that regulate when you stick to your diet and when you can cut yourself some slack.

A growing body of research has found that such justification can even come from performing well on a task or from doing good for others. In several studies, people who received positive feedback on a task were more likely to choose an unhealthy versus a healthy option.

Source: ANI
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