If you want to lose weight, then you need to learn to eat in silence.. This conclusion can be drawn from the results of experiments conducted by American scientists from Brigham Young University..

Researchers have found that chewing sounds can have a marked effect on how much you eat.. Therefore, it is better to turn off the TV or loud music during a meal.. Extraneous noise drowns out sounds made by a person during a snack. Meanwhile, they help control the amount of food consumed..

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Scientists conducted three separate experiments.

In one of them, scientists compared how much people ate when they listened to loud music or, on the contrary, ate in silence..

It turned out that the group listening to the music leaned more on the offered treats. Its representatives ate 4 pretzels, while the " The difference seems small, but if you eat on the proposed regime for an extended period of time, the effect can add up, the researchers say..

Research results published in Food Quality and Preference.

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