Heavy plates, music and more 8 ways to trick the brain and make food tastier
A beautiful body is built first in the kitchen, not the gym. You can watch night "to drag iron" or get rid of excess calories on the treadmill, but if you then return home and salopettes dumplings with mayonnaise, all efforts were in vain.
But how to start to lose weight, if diet food literally will not go into the throat?! Here are 10 tips that will help trick your brain and make any dish tastier. Yes, even buckwheat with chicken.
No wonder cafes and restaurants so worried about your interior. Studies have shown that the atmosphere in which we eat has a significant impact on the perception of food. So make sure that your kitchen is always nice and take the time to lay the table.
Creating an atmosphere, don't forget about a pleasant musical accompaniment. It doesn't have to be a ninth Symphony or the sounds of the violin: turn on the music that you like. But don't do too much volume, let the music like sounds in the background while you eat.
About the appearance of the dining places are taken care of. It is time to take care of the lunch. Visual perception is very important for full enjoyment of food — if the food in the plate looks ugly, it is unlikely that you actually want to eat it. Even buckwheat can be presented imaginatively, garnish it with a sprig of greens, a few olives and slices of cucumber. The main thing — to show imagination!
Most of the herbs, seasonings and spices almost no calories, but at the same time can make your food much tastier. If you have in the kitchen Arsenal no bulk spices, just add to the dish with parsley or dill — the herbs can give a special aroma and taste, but also simultaneously serve as a decoration for dishes.
Another secret about the best on your visual perception is affected by the combination of contrasting colors. For example, salad will look very appropriate and appetizing on the pinkish chicken breast and bright red cherry tomatoes. The same can be said about a white breast, oatmeal, yellow banana and red strawberries.
Have you noticed that if you bring a piece of meat on a huge plate, the dish itself starts to seem so small? This rule works in the opposite direction. Get in the habit of Breakfast, lunch and dinner only miniature dishes (you can borrow a child), and even then small portions of food will seem quite impressive.
Ideal if your dishes will be small, but at the same time. Scientists have proven that eating a heavy dish seems to taste better and therefore the faster it saturates. By the way, the Cutlery this rule also applies, so rather reach for grandmother's heavy silver and start using only them.
Very hot food at all appetite suppressant! What kind of pleasure can be involved, if you have already burn your tongue and disappointed in the dish? Better wait until the food has cooled a bit, and then you will be able to enjoy it.
Even those people who are far from the concepts of healthy lifestyles and PP, pleasantly surprised when they learn that their dish are fresh vegetables from the garden and meat grown on a nearby farm. We also advise you to give preference to natural and organic food: find a farm shop or look for a market where more likely than in a supermarket can be found homemade jelly and fresh vegetables.
This is perhaps the most important condition in order to get pleasure from even diet food. To taste its taste, you need to eat slowly and chew thoroughly. It also positively affects the quality of digestion, so you will be able to avoid discomfort during the day.
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