Low Calorie Food Makes You Overeat Say Researchers

we believe that this research pinpoints something which is fundamental

It's not the first time that we have come across evidence which shows that people who go for diet food often end up consuming the same amount or even more calories in the long term. The University of Bristol which recently completed its own study into this strange phenomenon says that individuals who go for low calorie food choices can often end up eating much much more.

Their study was done on a relatively small group of people by examining how they responded to different foods and it was clearly seen that when people were faced with food they liked they did not necessarily eat larger portions of it. It was only when they were presented with very low calorie foods did they overcompensate with big portions. In all 76 people were presented with eighteen different food choices for the researchers to come to their conclusions.

At Ukmedix News we believe that this research pinpoints something which is fundamental to good and healthy weight loss and weight maintenance. We have seen that in many cases if you deprive yourself constantly of all your most favourite foods you are statistically much more likely to fail in keeping your weight down. If you like eating pizza, burgers and other high calorie foods it is essential that you allow yourself a treat to eat them once in a while. Not only does this attitude prevent extreme psychological cravings for these delicious foods but it also makes you enjoy them far more. People who eat pizza everyday don’t enjoy it nearly as much as those people who save it for a Sunday night treat. 

It is important that men and women realise that diet foods alone will not solve their weight problems and that they still need to restrict the portions and calorie intake. You may find that it is more manageable to consume smaller portions of regular and tastier normal food rather than eating unsatisfying and boring diet food. You cannot become a celery and lettuce eater overnight if you have been eating a full fat diet previously.

The new study called ‘Satiation, satiety and their effects on eating behaviour’ was led by Dr Brunstrom who is a senior lecturer from the University of Bristol.