Scientists have found that the smell of your favorite food contributes to weight gain, negatively affecting the rate of digestion of food and burning calories.. Researchers at the University of California came to this conclusion..

Conclusions about the effect of the smell of fatty foods on metabolism were drawn from the results of a study on rodents divided into 2 groups.. In the 1st group, mice did not smell, and in the 2nd group there were individuals with a normal and heightened sense of smell..

All rodents were fed the same amount of fatty food for 3 weeks.. As a result, mice from the 1st group recovered by 10% of their initial weight, animals with a normal sense of smell gained 2 times more, and the individuals most sensitive to aromas turned out to be the fattest..

Scientists have associated this fact with the effect of olfactory receptors on the hypothalamus, which is responsible for metabolism..

According to scientists, the results show that in the absence of smell, calories from food are burned more actively.. However, there is also a negative effect - in mice that did not smell, the level of norepinephrine, the stress hormone, increased significantly.. In a person, his jumps can provoke a heart attack.

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