WARNING! Restrictive dieting will result in this: m.youtube/watch?v=SWfGoD34pNs Ok, so you probably wont break into a chocolate shop for an animalistic feeding frenzy. But it was a good excuse to share a clip from Chocolat (one of the few instances where Ive actually enjoyed a film after having read the book.) HOWEVER, restrictive dieting has been found to result in an increased likelihood of bingeing and the dreaded yoyo diet effect: One of the classic studies involved fifty-seven female college students at Northwestern University. The students were led to believe that the goal of the study was to evaluate the taste of several ice cream samples. The actual purpose of study was to determine how diet thinking might affect eating after drinking milkshakes. The women were arbitrarily divided into three groups based on the number of eight ounce milkshakes given (none, one, and two shakes). After drinking the shakes, the subjects were asked to taste and rate three flavours of ice cream. They were allowed to eat as much ice cream as they wanted and taste-tested in private to guard against self-consciousness. The researchers saw to it that ample ice cream was provided so that substantial amounts could be eaten without making an appreciable dent in the supply! Heres what happened. The nondieters naturally regulated their eating; they are less ice cream in proportion to the amount of milkshakes consumed. The dieters, however, displayed a dramatic opposite behaviour. Those who drank two milkshakes ate the most ice cream- a counterregulation effect. The researchers concluded that forcing the dieters to overeat or blow their diet caused them to release their food inhibitions. With inhibition banished, restraint was eliminated and the dieters overate the ice cream. -Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch; Intuitive Eating Forbidding something just makes it more appealing. Balance is key: yes make healthy choices, to nourish your body and because you feel better for eating them. But avoid banning food, and allow yourself some chocolate if you feel like it. Since I have a good birthday stash from yesterday Im sure Ill be having a piece or two myself today.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 08:05:06 +0000
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