{"id":118357,"date":"2009-12-31T02:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T07:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2009\/12\/31\/can-certain-smells-help-you-eat-less\/"},"modified":"2009-12-31T02:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T07:25:00","slug":"can-certain-smells-help-you-eat-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/118357","title":{"rendered":"Can Certain Smells Help You Eat Less?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"smelling\"Determined to shed some weight in 2010? Your sense of smell could be a powerful weapon in the battle against the bulge, according to recent research. And it might not just be effective in helping people lose a pound or two of holiday indulgences — scientists are suggesting that anti-hunger smells could put an end to the obesity epidemic<\/a>. Now that’s a lofty goal. <\/p>\n

But since the smell of food usually makes people feel ravenous and is more conducive to stuffing one’s face than practicing careful moderation, can an odour actually help people watch what they eat? Food technologist Rianne Ruijschop and his colleagues from NIZO Food Research in Ede in The Netherlands answer that question with a resounding yes, because they’ve discovered that certain aromas can help people feel full<\/a>. And if this aroma could be released during the chewing process, it could lead people to eat less food. Complex odours are most effective at filling people up because they lead the brain to think that a large meal with plenty of variety was being consumed.<\/p>\n

But now for the catch: Just like any ineffective, get-slim-quick trick, this one alone won’t make you svelte enough to slide effortlessly into your skinny jeans. “[These aromas] are not really the solution by itself,” Ruijschop said. “It’s also very much about changes in lifestyle.” Meaning you’ve still gotta work at it, so don’t give up that gym membership just yet.<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Healthy Eating Determined to shed some weight in 2010? Your sense of smell could be a powerful weapon in the battle against the bulge, according to recent research. And it might not just be effective in helping people lose a pound or two of holiday indulgences — scientists are suggesting that anti-hunger smells […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":652,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}