Why closing your eyes and counting before meals may help you lose weight

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• A new study has found that small rituals prior to meals could help us eat more consciously and to exercise more discipline at mealtimes.
• Subjects were asked to perform "rituals" right before each meal, ranging from knocking on the table to closing their eyes and counting to ten.
• Those who carried out rituals prior to eating ate fewer in calories, fat, and sugar than the control group.

Nutritionists have recently come to an exciting find in a new study on eating habits, recently published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

According to the study's findings, small rituals prior to meals could assist us in eating more consciously and with more discipline.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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