Using Your Senses to Trick Yourself into Eating Less

You may think your love or hate of certain healthy foods is hard-wired in your taste buds, but it may not be.
You may think your love or hate of certain  healthy foods is hard-wired in your taste buds, but it turns out a lot of our tastes for foods can be learned and relearned-even as adults.

In addition to our taste-buds, there are many factors that impact flavor.

Our guest, the Editorial Director of Eating Well magazine offers 8 Ways to Use Mind-Over-Menu Tricks to eat healthier including: 

Amp up scent: New research shows when we experience a strong aroma served with food (think a strong coffee with a piece of pie) we take smaller bites.

Light a vanilla candle at dessert or serve espresso to cut down on intake.

Additional Info

  • Segment Number: 1
  • Audio File: staying_well/1250sw1a.mp3
  • Featured Speaker: Lisa Gosselin
  • Guest Title: Editorial Dir. of Eating Well
  • Guest Bio: LisaGosselin BurrisEatingWellLisa Gosselin is Editorial Director of EatingWell, where she oversees all content (magazine, books, social media, web site and custom publishing) and cross-platform integration for the EatingWell Media Group, a position she has held since June, 2006. EatingWell has rapidly diversified from producing its flagship bimonthly magazine to multiple formats, including a robust website, content and brand licensing, custom publishing, and consumer cookbooks and health books.

    Under her leadership EatingWell Magazine and EatingWell books have won 7 James Beard awards and 5 Bert Greene awards from the International Association of Culinary Professionals.  


  • Length (mins): 10
  • Waiver Received: No
  • Host: Melanie Cole, MS