Why is music and TV make us overeat

If you used to eat and watch TV at the same time, the same time with this tie. Scientists have proven that such behavior contributes to overeating.

Many of us eat breakfast, lunch and dinner for TV watching. Find a café or a restaurant without music (perhaps in video format) is also virtually impossible. It is not without reason. United scientific group of Brigham Young University and the University of Colorado found that any noise during the meal can influence how much we eat. This relationship is called "crunch effect» (crunch effect).

It turns out that if you hear the sounds that we publish at meal time (chewing, chomping, crunch), you can eat less. Music or television programs muffle the sound, thus contributing to overeating.

According to Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Brigham Young Gina Moore (Gina Mohr), a sound that accompanies the consumption of food it is an important signal to the brain. To find out, the researchers conducted three experiments. The most interesting was the following: the participants put on the headphones, which either play loud music or play a quiet noise. In this case, a snack was offered to everyone. As a result, the subjects who listened to loud music, ate more than four pretzels. And those that were listening to quiet the noise, only two or three.

The study's authors say: the sound of music and TV during meal time, lead to the fact that the signal of a sufficient amount of food consumed enters the brain with a delay. Of course, it is impossible to write off all the reasons for overeating, but the reduction in food intake by 15-20% even for many can be very significant. Also, do not forget about the constant action "crunch effect". He probably affect us throughout life.

All that we do must be conscious. On the issue of power it is expressed not only in quantity, quality and taste of food consumed. The next time for breakfast or lunch, try to turn off the TV, make the music quieter, and you will see that start to eat less. Do not deceive your own body, give him a chance at self-regulation.