http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101209141134.htm
According to a Carnegie Mellon study, imagining the food you crave is the best way to stay healthy during the holiday season. The study says that when you imagine eating a certain food you are more apt to avoid consuming it. The professors from CMU determined that people were eating less of the imagined food due to a mixture of neural machinery and the habituation that results from people’s thoughts. They came to this conclusion after testing people who had been thinking about a varied number of M&M’s (33, 30, and 3) and the people who were thinking about the 30 M&M’s seemed less apt When searching for an article I thought that this one was a good one to choose because people always seem to have concerns for how much weight they are going to gain over the holiday season, so I chose this in order to give a possible solution to people’s holiday eating habits.
The biggest disappointment of the article for me was that although the tests they used for this experiment were described that was really the only proof presented to the reader. This lack of evidence led to my conclusion that although the experiment showed people had a tendency to not consumer M&M’s after thinking of the candy. I was more than skeptical about this experiment because I’ve recalled times where a food has been on my mind and I feel like I can’t settle until I stuff myself with that certain type of food. Other than that one flaw I didn’t really have any other conundrums from this article.
I picked this article because during this time of year people become so concerned about how much they eat and I figured that giving a possible solution to this issue would be helpful to more than just our class but also the extended reach of the classroom. I thought that the article was very informative and came around at just the right time of year with the holidays around the corner. Even though I may have some reservations about the validity of this experiment I still thought that it was very interesting and was worth me looking into.
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The review was interesting, detailed, and presented reasonable critiques of the original article. The review clearly discussed the article and its findings which were both interesting and well presented. It was thought provoking, and may be something I try myself this holiday season. The review also included a fair critique of the article, which was that the article failed to support its claims with substantial scientific evidence, only siting those involved in the experiment.
To make the review better it would have been nice to have referenced some other sources that support the claim made by the original article. If there perhaps had been a paper discussing different neurological tendencies of the brain that added to the interesting points of the original article, it may have made comprehension easier. It also would have been nice to include whether or not others have conducted similar experiments and whether or not they had similar findings.
I was impressed to find that just imagining the consumption of food would be enough to quell hunger. I was also impressed to find that it is actually due to brain function, proving that mind and body are inevitably one, rather than just connected.
I feel that Henry did a really good job describing his article thoroughly in order for us to get a good sense of the point of the article. Also, I liked how Henry expressed how the article lacked sufficient evidence and proof for its findings and how skeptical he felt after reading the article, helping us understand how the article was insufficient. The last thing was the way he introduced the article because it really helped set the stage for the rest of his review.
I felt that Henry could have provided us with more statistics that could have helped out understanding or the article better. Also, he should have explained what this lack of evidence was and what would have made the theory full-proof with no wholes like that.
I found it very interesting that if you imagine eating a certain food, then your body will feel less of a craving for that food.
1. I liked how he gave the example with M&M's to help the reader understand what the article is really saying.
2. I also liked how he tied the article to upcoming holidays, and how many people are worried about what they eat.
3. I liked how Henry challenged the validity of the experiment and the theory.
1. I thought there was a lack of evidence supporting the theory.
2. Although I thought he gave a good review, I thought it could have been a little longer.
1. One thing I learned form this article is a good way to watch what I eat over the holidays.
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