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Thought for food: Imagining food consumption reduces actual consumption

December 12, 2010 by

A new study shows that when you imagine eating a certain food, it reduces your actual consumption of that food. This landmark discovery changes the decades-old assumption that thinking about something desirable increases cravings for it and its consumption.

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