A middle-aged man discovers something my two-year old already knew.
Professor loses weight by "intuitive eating" - Diet & Fitness - MSNBC.com
It seems like common sense; but we humans have had it drilled into our heads that you need to finish off what's on your plate. Anyone recall the saying, "There's starving kids in Ethiopia (or insert your third-world country of choice here)"? I'm sure your parents must've used it on you (or most of you) because I know mine did. We have been programmed to believe that wasting food is wrong.
Of course, the other alternative is to not load your plate up with food. Take small servings, and come back for seconds if you're still hungry.
I think they actually did a 20/20 special on this once.
In regards to emotional and social eating, those are two other concepts behind the whole overeating scenario. As social animals, we try to do what the rest of the group is doing. And there are some foods that lend us comfort when we're feeling down, at the (future) expense of weight gain.
It seems like common sense; but we humans have had it drilled into our heads that you need to finish off what's on your plate. Anyone recall the saying, "There's starving kids in Ethiopia (or insert your third-world country of choice here)"? I'm sure your parents must've used it on you (or most of you) because I know mine did. We have been programmed to believe that wasting food is wrong.
Of course, the other alternative is to not load your plate up with food. Take small servings, and come back for seconds if you're still hungry.
I think they actually did a 20/20 special on this once.
In regards to emotional and social eating, those are two other concepts behind the whole overeating scenario. As social animals, we try to do what the rest of the group is doing. And there are some foods that lend us comfort when we're feeling down, at the (future) expense of weight gain.
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