If you want to lose weight recently, you might as well change to a smaller size. You don't need to go on a diet deliberately, just follow your feelings and eat until you are full.
Don't think this is bullshit! How much you eat is determined by the size of your bowl, which is confirmed by the "Super Bowl Experiment" of American scientists!
Brian Wansink, a professor at Cornell University who has the reputation of "Sherlock Holmes in the food world" in the United States, and his researchers explored a series of external factors that affect people's total food intake.
Effect of plate size on satiety
Above, this is the classic legend of Debov's size illusion. The area of the black circle in the middle is the same, but because the human brain is compared with the white circle outside, it creates the illusion that the bigger the white circle outside, the smaller the black circle looks. Dr. Wansink and Dr. Koert Van Itsen replaced the white circle in the above picture with a plate filled with food, while the black circle represents food, to test whether people also have Desboves illusion when judging the amount of food.
Wansink and Itson found that students who used large bowls ate 16% more cereal than those who used small bowls in a slimming training camp. Although students who use large bowls eat more cereal, they still feel that they eat 7% less cereal on average than students who use small bowls.
This study shows that using large tableware will not only make people eat more unconsciously, but also give people the illusion of not having enough to eat.
How to avoid eating more at home
In order to maintain a balanced diet, Wansink suggested:
Healthy food such as vegetable salad should be put on a big plate, which will help people eat more fresh green leafy vegetables. For relatively unhealthy food, you might as well use smaller tableware to hold it.
However, another study by Wansink shows that:
No matter how big the plate is, people tend to feed about 92% of the food on the plate into their stomachs. Therefore, in order to avoid eating too much, people must know the size of the plate in advance.
Effect of color on satiety
In a college networking event in upstate New York, Wansink and Iterson explored how the color difference between plate color and food color affects people's judgment on food size. 60 diners were divided into two groups. They have to choose between red (tomato flavor) and white (cheese flavor) pasta. Noodles also have red and white plates, which are randomly assigned to groups that use red or white plates.
The experimental results confirm Wansink's hypothesis:
Participants with large color difference between plates and food consumed more food (22%-32%) than those with small color difference between plates and food. In other words, the greater the color contrast between food and plates, the better your appetite!
In addition, reducing the color contrast between tableware and tablecloth can reduce the total food intake by as much as 10%.
From this point of view, if you want to lose weight, you can also think about the color of food, tableware and tablecloth!