Greater exposure to healthy foods help dieters reduce their food intake.
July 31/Leeds, U.K./Counsel & Heal -- A study presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB) revealed that greater exposure to healthy foods help dieters reduce their food intake.
For the study, female volunteers were asked to smell either fresh oranges or chocolate. They were then asked to write about memories triggered by the smell of the foods. After smelling the foods, participants could help themselves to chocolate, cereal bars and oranges.