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'Smelly food' can keep you off unwanted pounds
Sunday March 25, 2012 06:25:51 PM,
IANS
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London: Smelly food
can keep you off unwanted pounds as stronger smells led to smaller
bite sizes and less consumption, says a new study.
Smaller bite sizes are required for foods which need more chewing
and also linked to a sensation of satiation sooner. They may also
limit the release of flavours of unfamiliar or disliked foods.
In order to separate the effect of aroma on bite size, researchers
from the Netherlands developed a system where a custard-like
dessert was eaten while different scents were simultaneously
presented directly to the participants nose, the journal Flavour
reports.
The results showed that the stronger the smell the smaller the
bite. Rene A de Wijk, who led the study, explained: "Our human
test subjects were able to control how much dessert was fed to
them by pushing a button," according to the Daily Mail.
"Perhaps, in keeping with the idea that smaller bites are
associated with lower flavour sensations from the food and that,
there is an unconscious feedback loop using bite size to regulate
the amount of flavour experienced," said Wijk.
This study suggests that manipulating the odour of food could
result in a five to 10 percent decrease in intake per bite.
Combining aroma control with portion control could fool the body
into thinking it was full with a smaller amount of food and aid
weight loss.
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