Comments on: Science in Action: Flavor-Calorie Learning (another simple example) http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/02/09/science-in-action-flavor-calorie-learning-another-simple-example/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:36:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: seth http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/02/09/science-in-action-flavor-calorie-learning-another-simple-example/#comment-122284 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:39:04 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/02/09/science-in-action-flavor-calorie-learning-another-simple-example/#comment-122284 Socktopi, yeah, something like that. In The Shangri-La Diet (the book) I mention a "culture of connoisseurship" as a likely reason the French weigh less than you'd expect. August, you can weaken a flavor-calorie association if you experience the flavor without the calories. Randomly varying the calories won't do it. I think Tim Beneke has tried the flavor-no-calorie approach. He tastes the food and then spits it out. If I remember correctly, it works: the flavor becomes less pleasant. Killer Bees, one sugar doesn't have a lot of calories. Socktopi, yeah, something like that. In The Shangri-La Diet (the book) I mention a “culture of connoisseurship” as a likely reason the French weigh less than you’d expect.

August, you can weaken a flavor-calorie association if you experience the flavor without the calories. Randomly varying the calories won’t do it. I think Tim Beneke has tried the flavor-no-calorie approach. He tastes the food and then spits it out. If I remember correctly, it works: the flavor becomes less pleasant.

Killer Bees, one sugar doesn’t have a lot of calories.

]]> by: Killer Bees http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/02/09/science-in-action-flavor-calorie-learning-another-simple-example/#comment-122165 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:04:11 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/02/09/science-in-action-flavor-calorie-learning-another-simple-example/#comment-122165 Does that apply to coffee? I really like a latte with a little sugar or a vanilla late. Can you really gain weight from drinking a white coffee with one sugar every day? Does that apply to coffee? I really like a latte with a little sugar or a vanilla late. Can you really gain weight from drinking a white coffee with one sugar every day?

]]> by: August http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/02/09/science-in-action-flavor-calorie-learning-another-simple-example/#comment-121003 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:22:41 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/02/09/science-in-action-flavor-calorie-learning-another-simple-example/#comment-121003 What about an attempt to de-associate a flavor with it's calories? It seems to me you could use nose-clipping to add calories to any flavor, thus causing the flavor/calorie association to be adjusted. If the body kept getting random levels of calories for a particular flavor, wouldn't the flavor/calorie association be weakened? What about an attempt to de-associate a flavor with it’s calories? It seems to me you could use nose-clipping to add calories to any flavor, thus causing the flavor/calorie association to be adjusted. If the body kept getting random levels of calories for a particular flavor, wouldn’t the flavor/calorie association be weakened?

]]> by: Socktopi http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/02/09/science-in-action-flavor-calorie-learning-another-simple-example/#comment-120340 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:56:28 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/02/09/science-in-action-flavor-calorie-learning-another-simple-example/#comment-120340 Could part of the French paradox be that they drink a lot of wine, and each bottle is a unique mix of flavors, resulting in a surpressed appetite? Could part of the French paradox be that they drink a lot of wine, and each bottle is a unique mix of flavors, resulting in a surpressed appetite?

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