Good summer resolutions in terms of weight always forget the most basic of rules: never go to markets, whether hypermarket or village, before mealtimes. Otherwise, beware of excesses! Never go shopping hungry…
- Never go shopping while hungry.
- Hungry carts can hold at least 30% more food.
The greatest health discovery of this beginning of the century is undoubtedly that the survival of our species depends on the resumption of physical exercise and the return to a diet more in keeping with the hunter who sleeps in our genes. One of the objectives of this summer should be to bring this hunter back to life, at least its modern version, that is to say without weapons, but also without this assistance which has erased all the efforts of the search for food, and the moderation imposed by scarcity. But beware ! At no time should the search for pleasure be erased. The Cro-Magnon hunter undoubtedly knew how to find it. Let’s take advantage of what we have learned by tasting the pride of having, thanks to our brain, well anticipated the pitfalls of life. So an important piece of advice, which will not make me popular with the managers of hypermarkets: never, I mean never, do your shopping while hungry, especially in a supermarket.
A very serious American study has looked into the problem. Hungry carts always contained at least 30% more food than when full. What’s more, products with a very high sugar content.
Take the test. For once, this is a science experiment that you can fully verify. You will see that the contents of your trolley will spontaneously drop by a third, and above all that there will be much, much less useless sugary products and drinks inside. The hungry hunter instinctively sought out sugar, knowing that it was a rapidly effective source of energy. It is true that most of us, in case of cravings, are much more attracted by a pastry shop than a butcher’s shop! We have kept this quality for the misfortune of our arteries… and our wallet!
