mindless eating

I Won't Eat or Spend While Standing Up

Posted July 11, 2009 - 15:00 by Frugal Duchess

Shopping

lincoln sitting down thinking

When we make big purchases or large financial commitments -- a car, a home, college tuition -- at some point in that process, we actually have to sit down. Why don't do we do that more often?

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Optical illusions that make you fatter and your wallet lighter

Posted October 29, 2007 - 10:02 by Paul Michael

Food and Drink, Consumer Affairs

Eat

One of my best friends, a long time ago, told me that the key to food portion sizes was this - "Eat from small plates, drink from taller glasses." It's a piece of advice I had forgotten, especially after moving to the US where portion sizes seem to have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous. But in a book I'm currently reading called "Mindless Eating" this advice about container sizes is validated by Dr. Brian Wansink, Ph.D, a man who clearly knows his stuff. And optical illusions are at the root of it all.

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