Diet: a snack 4 possibilities

A recent study shows that good dietary intentions are not necessarily followed by facts, especially at the time of the break ?? And that half of us seem not to bother good dietary intentions at all!

Knowledge is not power

Want to eat an apple and finish with a cake in the mouth, this is a little twist that can repeat and drive up cholesterol, like the needle of the scale. Yet, it happens to everyone ?? and it's not for lack of knowing what food is best for our health! At present, the nutritional intake of a particular food are part of the general culture. Who today does not know that bag of chips is more caloric than an apple? But eating is not a matter of information and common sense.

Apple or chocolate?

Dutch researchers have studied the behavior of 585 workers in the cafeteria of their office, 65% male, with a mean age of 40 years. All had normal weight (BMI 24.3) and educational level considered high. Participants were asked to share in advance of their choice of four different snacks, two of which were healthier - banana or apple - and two more "junk food" - waffle sugar or candy bar. A week later, the researchers observed what snacks participants actually chose.

Rational vs instinctual

Among those who intend to choose a healthy snack (49% of respondents), 27% were eventually changed his mind and chose the waffle or candy bar. Conversely, 92% of those who were planning to throw their sights on these non-dietary snacks remained on their position. According to researchers, this discrepancy between the estimate and the actual choice choice is explained by the fact that it is our rational brain which governs the intentions while our immediate choices are more governed by the pulse. They also showed that among those who had good discipline of life, a positive attitude to eating well and regularly made healthy choices, the gap between intentions and actions was much less important.

Want to want

This study also found that half of the population is simply not intend to make a healthy choice, and that acts, in this case almost always follow ?? So the question is: how to give people the desire to eat healthier? But also: how to make this desire into reality, not guilt? The battle will probably won the day we'll dream with apple and give up for bananas.