Till now, we have understood that we go for chips, and other calorie stuffed food, because it makes us feel good - we get a "happy hit". Research carried out by Jeffrey Brunstrom and Peter Rogers at the University of Bristol, suggests something different - that we eat lots of chips etc because we know they don't give us that nice full feeling. We need to eat lots of chips or chocolates before we get any sense of being satisfied. And because they are loaded with oil or sugar we end up eating too many calories.
It seems that we are looking for this sense of satisfaction- a feeling of a nice full tum - and we know that these calorie-stuffed foods just don't do it for us. Think about it, how many bags of crisps does it take before you get a nice full feeling? For me, the answer is never.
Water-rich foods, such as potatoes, vegetables, fruit fill us up quickly, with more full feelings per calorie than snack foods.
It seems that we are looking for this sense of satisfaction- a feeling of a nice full tum - and we know that these calorie-stuffed foods just don't do it for us. Think about it, how many bags of crisps does it take before you get a nice full feeling? For me, the answer is never.
Water-rich foods, such as potatoes, vegetables, fruit fill us up quickly, with more full feelings per calorie than snack foods.
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