If you’re one of the many woman who is trying to watch what she eats and go healthy you may be comforted to know that there’s a reason that you can’t stop at one cheesy fry!
Here’s how this deviousness works: “Human beings have what food-industry insiders call a “bliss point,” a nirvana of the taste buds triggered by particular amounts of salt, sugar, and fat. Menu scientists (yes, that’s a job!) at popular restaurant chains and packaged-food corporations use their knowledge of the bliss point to manipulate your appetite, adding salt, sugar, and fat to their products in combinations designed to create hedonism on a plate—a taste experience so intense that it kicks the brain’s pleasure system into overdrive. It’s like a drug. And like any drug, it leads you to obsess about that moment of pleasure so much that you’ll do almost anything to prolong or relive it. The result: a bigger bottom line for them—and a bigger waistline for you.”
In his book, Kessler identifies the worst restaurant-menu offenders—classics like cheese fries and buffalo wings. So that you don’t have to completely deny yourself here are some DIY recipes that are a great healthy alternative that won’t trigger the “bliss point” which means you’ll be able to stop when you’re content.
This gallery features the biggest restaurant-menu offenders—classics like cheese fries and buffalo wings with a healthier recipe that has less sugar and salt, but is just as delicious-courtesy of Women’s Health Magazine.
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