THE SCEATTSATIONAL WEIGHT LOSS DIET10
Dr. Alan Hirsch, author of this diet, argues that we suffer from an overabundance of food, a condition that’s become common only during the last century or so. We must fight our
evolutionary tendency to gain and store weight during the winter and times of plenty, just in case the food runs out and we’re faced with famine. Indeed, the evolutionary chain was able to produce us only because our ancestors were good at storing fat that could be used when the food ran out. But changing our inborn patterns is difficult to do in the modern world when we have consistent access to so much food. So far, so good. He is right that this is the genesis of our problem.
The solution to this problem can be found right in our own noses, according to Hirsch. Simply sniffing certain odors is often all it takes to satisfy hunger cravings. Hirsch recommends that we carry little tubes that contain the scents of bananas, apples, or other foods, and that we sniff them throughout the day. Each time you sniff, he says, inhale 3 times in each nostril. Hirsch suggests that you use different scents during the day so that you don’t tire of the same one. If you like, you can work the program with a smell buddy.
You don’t have to carry the tubes if you’d rather not. You can simply smell your food before you eat it to start stimulating the satiety center in your brain as soon as possible. If you do rely on sniffing your food, rather than using the tubes, you are supposed to eat hot foods whenever possible, for they release more odor than cold dishes. Eat fresh foods, and pour on those herbs and spices. It also helps to blow bubbles with your food in order to release the scent of the food into the air, which you then inhale.
Hirsch feels that sniffing to stimulate the satiety center is all it takes to trigger less eating and weight loss. “You won’t be given a list of foods you must eat at breakfast or lunch,” he says. “You will not be weighing your foods or counting calories.”
Sniffing away the pounds is an enticing idea but I’d like to see some more scientific studies to back this theory up. Even if it really does work, which seems intuitively unlikely, this diet is not a good idea because it teaches nothing about how to balance your diet correctly or achieve anything approaching a lifelong path for good health.
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