Fooducate Blog - How Your Nose May Help With Portion Control |
| How Your Nose May Help With Portion Control Posted: 26 Mar 2012 05:05 AM PDT  Photo: Time.com New here? Get Fooducated with our iPhone or Android App! Or try Fooducate on the Web! The LA Times Booster Shots blog reports on an interesting study by a trade journal called Flavour. Researchers wanted to see if they could affect the bite size people take, based on a food’s aroma. They used vanilla custard at 3 scent levels – no smell, slight aroma, strong aroma. The research showed that the more intense scent was associated with smaller bite sizes. This seems counter intuitive because if a food smells good, one would think that people would eat much more. Caveats: 1. Sample size was very small – just 10 people. 2. Previous bite sizes also influenced current bite size. The researchers’ conclusion: These results suggest that bite size control during eating is a highly dynamic process affected by the sensations experienced during the current and previous bites. What do you think? Does food with strong aroma have an effect on your portion size? Get Fooducated: Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/fooducate on facebook: facebook.com/fooducate |
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