How Looking at Instagram Pics Can Help You Lose Weight
A new study found that apps like Instagram and Pinterest can make you lose your appetite!
By Melody Oei — 08 Oct 2013, 06:07 PM — Updated about 11 years ago
A new study found that looking at too many food pics on Instagram and Pinterest can ruin your appetite!
Researchers from Brigham Young University in Utah, USA, claim that a friend’s obsession with posting meals on Instagram or Pinterest can spoil your appetite “by making you feel like you’ve already experienced eating that food”, the researchers wrote.
thestar.com.myIn one of their studies, half of the people viewed 60 pictures of sweet foods like cake, truffles and chocolates, while the other half looked at 60 pictures of salty foods, such as chips, pretzels and French fries.
empowernetwork.comAfter rating each picture based on how appetizing that food appeared, participants finished the experiment by eating peanuts and then rating how much they enjoyed the snack
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In the experiment, participants who looked at salty-food pics reported less enjoyment when asked to eat salty peanuts
Subjects who had viewed the salty foods ended up enjoying the peanuts less, while the same effect didn’t occur among those who had viewed the images of sweets.
sltrib.comSatiation is defined as a drop in enjoyment with repeated consumption
Satiation is defined as a drop in enjoyment with repeated consumption. For example, the fifth bite of cake or the fourth hour of playing a video game are less enjoyable than the first, the researchers point out.
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"You're becoming tired of that taste without even eating the food. It's sensory boredom."
"In a way, you're becoming tired of that taste without even eating the food," said study coauthor and marketing professor Ryan Elder. "It's sensory boredom -- you've kind of moved on. You don't want that taste experience anymore."
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"If you want to enjoy your food consumption experience, avoid looking at too many pictures of food."
"If you want to enjoy your food consumption experience, avoid looking at too many pictures of food."
Image via foodista.com"If you want to enjoy your food consumption experience, avoid looking at too many pictures of food. Even I felt a little sick to my stomach after looking at all the sweet pictures," said Larson, who carried out the study.
sltrib.comThe upside to all this? Just look at pictures of the unhealthy foods you want to stay away from!
If you have a weakness for a certain unhealthy food and want to prevent yourself from eating too much of it, you may want to look at more pictures of that food.
Image via imgur.comIf you have a weakness for a certain unhealthy food and want to prevent yourself from eating too much of it, you may want to look at more pictures of that food.
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If you have a weakness for a certain unhealthy food and want to prevent yourself from eating too much of it, you may want to look at more pictures of that food.
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