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MIND MATTERS
Testing Sensory- Specific Satiety
Take that monstorous portion of brownie or any
other succulent food of your choice. Cut the food into tiny
portions. With paper and pencil by your side, slowly eat each
portion. With each bite record the extent of sensory pleasure on
a scale of 1 though 5.
5 = ecstasy
4 = good
3 = OK
2 = almost no pleasure
1 = pleasure gone
Note that each bite becomes less irrestible.
Stop eating when your rating reaches a "3". I'll bet you eat
less than the whole thing.
What's the lesson from this experiment? Eating the whole thing
means eating more than what's needed to satiate a craving brain.
That's dangerous when the portion is absolutely huge! So, list
your "loved" foods that come in huge portions and experiment
with the "bite" test.
Bite Test
bite #1
score _____
bite #2
score _____
bite #3
score _____
bite #4
score _____
bite #5
score _____
bite #6
score _____
From Stop Gaining Weight by Laura Pawlak,
PhD,RD
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