Looking to shed some pounds and take part in a massive act of self-deception? You can't fool your stomach into feeling full. However, you can fool your brain into enjoying healthy fruits and vegetables as much as high-fat indulgences.
It sounds maniacal, but a group of Yale researchers discovered that lying to people about food actually helps them lose weight.
The satiety of a food - how satisfied it leaves you, in other words - plays a big role in whether you're going to keep eating or not. But a food's perceived satiety might be quite different from how much it actually fills you up. The trick is to convince yourself that the low-fat, not particularly filling foods are actually rare treats that are just chock full of empty calories.
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