A study found that imagining eating a specific food, let's say ice cream, can decrease the cravings for that food.
This idea is counterintuitive, as most people think that to suppress thoughts of a particular food, will eliminate cravings for it.
The key is to imagine eating a specific food, rather than thinking about that food. Imagine the feel of smooth ice cream in your mouth. Imagine your favourite flavour, like chocolate....or the smell of strawberry ice cream. Imagine the coldness of ice cream with your first spoon full.
Eating the food you crave, in your mind... with your imagination...will decreases the motivation to eat that food, and also creates boredom with it.
This idea is counterintuitive, as most people think that to suppress thoughts of a particular food, will eliminate cravings for it.
The key is to imagine eating a specific food, rather than thinking about that food. Imagine the feel of smooth ice cream in your mouth. Imagine your favourite flavour, like chocolate....or the smell of strawberry ice cream. Imagine the coldness of ice cream with your first spoon full.
Eating the food you crave, in your mind... with your imagination...will decreases the motivation to eat that food, and also creates boredom with it.
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