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How Much You Eat: It's All In The Mind

rhinefire

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I saw a piece on the news the other day. It was an experiment on behavior. Three plates of food were prepared with the amount of food exactly the same on three plates. One plate was described as a small portion, the second was described as the standard portion and the last was the jumbo portion. Three groups were isolated from each other and all ate the different plates. Group one the small, group two the standard and group three the jumbo. The results were the food was all eaten on the small portion, and mostly eaten on the standard portion and food was left on the plates for the jumbo portion. So it's all in your head.
 
Truth be told....it's all in my belly!!!
 
While that may be true, and psychology can be used to manipulate the weak-minded, it is also true that by spending 10-15min on a meal instead of gobbling it up in 3min your stomach can realize when it's full and not cause you to go in overeating.
 
On a more serious note, While I don't totally agree with the results of the study I figure that there is some level of truth to it. I have had clients who run restaurants use bigger plates but spread the presentation of their food out more and they do report hearing comments about bigger portions. I also had one client who switched his plates from ones with a large rim to one with almost no rim and he got better responses from that as well.
 
Rainman05 said:
While that may be true, and psychology can be used to manipulate the weak-minded, it is also true that by spending 10-15min on a meal instead of gobbling it up in 3min your stomach can realize when it's full and not cause you to go in overeating.
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This is true. Eating slowly and completely chewing food provides benefits which include a tendency to not over eat, less stress on the digestive system, and greater uptake of nutrients, among others. Besides, if one enjoys food, why rush it? Unless you are starving or in an emergency situation, allow time to eat slowly, and enjoy it. Many would be surprised at how little food is required to feel satisfied if it is eaten slowly. That would even include the modern horror of fast food, although it is generally so bad that eating it quickly is a little understandable.
 
Ever notice the size of the plates at buffet restaurants versus regular? Buffets are smaller.
 
Lutherf said:
On a more serious note, While I don't totally agree with the results of the study I figure that there is some level of truth to it. I have had clients who run restaurants use bigger plates but spread the presentation of their food out more and they do report hearing comments about bigger portions. I also had one client who switched his plates from ones with a large rim to one with almost no rim and he got better responses from that as well.
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Plate size had nothing to do with the study.
 
Rainman05 said:
While that may be true, and psychology can be used to manipulate the weak-minded, it is also true that by spending 10-15min on a meal instead of gobbling it up in 3min your stomach can realize when it's full and not cause you to go in overeating.
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Not the point of the experiment at all.
 
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