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How we eat with our eyes and think with our stomachs, the hidden influences that shape your eating habits, Melanie Mühl and Diana von Kopp ; translated by Carolin Sommer ; [foreword by Brian Wansink]

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-252)

no index present

non fiction

How we eat with our eyes and think with our stomachs

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Melanie Mühl and Diana von Kopp ; translated by Carolin Sommer ; [foreword by Brian Wansink]

the hidden influences that shape your eating habits

From optical illusions, to genes, to the environment - the surprising factors that drive what, when, and how we eat. We make over 200 decisions - sometimes subconscious, often irrational - about food every day. Some of them we know we're making- what to eat, how to eat it, and many more. What we don't know is how each of those decisions is manipulated by our environment, the food industry, and our own irrational appetites. Journalist Melanie Mühl and psychologist Diana von Kopp investigate more than 40 compelling, distinct questions and issues- Why do we like the foods we like? Is it because of our environment? Family? Taste buds? (All three?) Is raw food healthier than cooked food? (No!) Why do people overeat? Keep reading, and find out! This book enables us to become more intelligent about food and how we eat, and offers insights that we'll surely remember the next time we buy groceries, sit down at a restaurant, or go into the pantry looking for a snack

Part 1. How you eat with your eyes -- The color of flavor: is there such a thing as blind faith at the dinner table? -- A plate of art: how much does it cost to eat with your eyes? -- Dish decisions: how does plating affect your appetite? -- All you can see: how do you control how much you eat at the buffet? -- Supermarket schemes: why do you always fail to stick to the shopping list? -- Celebrity advice fairy tales: what qualifies celebrities to give health advice--and why do you listen? -- Part II. How you diet with your brain -- The raw food fallacy: how does cooking make you smart? -- Gluten anxiety: why do you keep falling for food myths? -- Carb phobia: how do carbohydrates help you survive? -- "Lose ten pounds fast!": you've tried every diet--why don't any of them work? -- Enough is enough: why don't you know when you're full? -- Love, the anti-diet: is your partner making you fat? -- The doggie bag paradox: why should you think twice before taking your leftovers home? -- Part III. How you savor with your ears -- Music to your...stomach: how does the sizzle make you salivate? -- Smack-and-slurp phobia: how can you tell if you're a misophonic? -- The flavor of music: what soundtrack should you play at your next dinner party? -- The perfect chip: how do you hear what you eat? -- The "unhealthy = tasty intuition": why does junk food sound so good? -- Status anxiety à la carte: why is the language of menus full of red herrings? -- Part IV. How you think with your stomach -- "How can you eat that?": why do some delicacies delight and others disgust you? -- The marketing-placebo effect: why is there no veritas in vino? -- The priming effect: why doesn't Häagen-Dazs ice cream come from Denmark? -- The health-halo effect: what do you think of as "healthy"--and what actually is? -- The Romeo-and-Juliet effect: why does absence make your cravings stronger? -- Sleep yourself slim: how does what you eat affect how you sleep? -- The feeding clock: how can eating help you beat jet lag? -- Part V. How you feast with your feelings -- "I'll have what you're having": why do you order what you order at restaurants? -- Nudging: how do you choose what to eat in a cafeteria? -- The food radius: how can you shape your food environment--and how does it shape you? -- The trophy kitchen syndrome: why doesn't renovating your kitchen always make you happy? -- Working lunch: for business, for pleasure, or for health? -- Fast manners: how did handling fast food get so out of hand? -- Stress-free slurping: why is drinking a milkshake so calming? -- The comfort food effect: why do you crave junk food when you're sad? -- Part VI. How you choose with your tongue -- Supertasters: do children who will eat only pasta have supertasting powers? -- Some like it hot: what does a fondness for spicy foods reveal about your character? -- Conditions of taste: are your favorite foods innate or selected through memory? -- Mind over meat: why do cats sit on your lap and cows on your plate? -- Hooray for haptics: how do you experience the pleasure of taste through touch? -- Taste the aroma: how do you taste what you smell? -- Chew on this: why should you treat forks with caution? -- The pineapple fallacy: why do you like what you like?