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Summary of Mindless Eating 

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“Mindless Eating” revolutionizes our awareness of how much, what, and why we eat without realizing it. Brian Wansink argues that we don’t have to change what we eat as much as how we eat. Brian Wansink, Ph.D., a former professor at Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, the Vrije Universiteit (The Netherlands), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a visiting scientist at the Natick Army Research Labs, is currently the Director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University and a Fulbright Senior Specialist in food marketing and nutrition. He is also a published author of various award-winning academic research papers on food that have been published in the world’s top marketing, medical, and nutrition journals. This research has been presented, translated, reported, and featured in television documentaries on every continent but Antarctica. “If we deliberately deny ourselves something, again and again, we’re likely to end up craving it more and more.” ~ Brian Wansink, Ph.D.

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The best diet is the one you don’t know you’re on

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The word “diet” comes from a Latin word that means “a way of life.” Food is a great pleasure in our lives and not something we should compromise. We need to shift our surroundings to work with our lifestyle instead of against it. We also need to create distraction-free environments. If we are not mindfully thinking about what we’re eating, we will mindlessly eat more than we need. Eating with a group of friends and eating in front of the TV are recipes for disaster because they tend to make you eat more.
You can overeat without knowing it, but you can also eat less without knowing it.
This summary is about re-engineering your environment so that you can eat what you want without guilt and without gaining weight. It also focuses on changing your eating habits so that it is mindful and enjoyable. This summary uncovers the hidden persuaders that lead you to overeat and shows you how to eliminate them, how to remove the cues that cause you to overeat, and how to re-engineer your kitchen and your habits.
French women are slim even though they consume cheese, baguettes, wine, pastries, and pâté because they know when to stop eating. ~ Mireille Guiliano
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Merely thinking that a meal will taste good can lead you to eat more

We overeat because there are cues and signals around us that tell us to eat. It’s not in our nature to pause after every bite and contemplate whether we’re full. As we eat, we unknowingly and mindlessly look for signals or cues that we’ve had enough. For instance, if nothing is remaining on the table, that’s a cue that it’s time to stop. The hints around us can provide subtle but powerful suggestions about how much one should eat. These cues can short-circuit a person’s hunger and taste signals, leading them to eat when they’re not hungry and even if the food doesn’t taste delicious.
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Your eyes are often better than your stomach at telling you when you’re full

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Increasing the variety of food increases how much everyone eats

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Make tempting foods difficult to reach and snack only at the table and on a clean plate

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Different distractions make us eat, forget how much we eat, and extend how long we eat even when we’re not hungry

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Being descriptive with the food menu and preparation creates expectations that make you a better cook

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The more varieties of foods you expose your child to, the more nutritionally well-rounded they will become

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Eating mindlessly requires changing small eating behaviors that are specifically relevant and motivating

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