Ever heard of the Crunch Effect?
Ever heard of the “crunch effect”? I have read many times that eating while watching TV, listening to music, or any other distracting activity wasn’t a good idea. I assumed, and it made sense that it could cause you to over-indulge as you aren’t paying attention to eating. I ran across an interesting article written by Yvette Brazier on the Medical News Today website attempting to explain the reasoning behind this. According to the study it appears just the simple act of not being able to hear ourselves chewing can cause us to eat up to approximately 31% more. That is what they are calling the “Crunch Effect”
If you want to read more about it you can find the full article here: Crunch Effect