food noise | Idiomator

Meaning: (medicine,nutrition,idiomatic)A mentalpreoccupationwith food that isdifferentiablefromhungerand fromcravingsbut tends to urge people toovereat.2007, Joy Bauer,Prevention's 3-2-1 Weight Loss Plan: Eat Your Favorite Foods to Cut Cravings, Improve Energy, and Lose Weight‎[1], Rodale Press,→ISBN, page98:[…]the concept that once the meal is over, it's time to move on to other tasks. When you use one or more of them at the end of a meal or snack, you help to quiet the part of your mind that distracts you with thoughts about food, thus creating more mental energy for work, hobbies, and other tasks. Without all of the "food noise" in your head, you'll find you are much more productive. Consider using any or all of the following strategies to add closure to your meals. / • Light a candle for your meal and blow it out once you've finished. This simple strategy effectively says, "The meal is over." / • Brush your teeth after meals. Besides creating a mentally reinforcing ritual, brushing your teeth offers two side benefits.[…]2024December, Lauren J. Young, “Turning Down the Food Noise”, inScientific American‎[2], volume33, number 4s,→DOI,→ISSN, page36:As more and more people took the drugs, stories spread about “food noise,” and researchers started looking even more closely at what was going on in the brain.

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