In summer resolutions regarding weight, we always forget the most basic rule: never go to markets, whether hypermarkets or village markets, before meal times. Otherwise, beware of excess!
- You should never go shopping when you are hungry, especially in a supermarket.
- A very serious American study showed that the contents of the hungry people’s carts always contained at least 30% more food than when they were full.
- The products generally contained more sugar as well.
The greatest health discovery of the beginning of this century is undoubtedly that the survival of our species depends on the resumption of physical exercise and the return to a diet more in line with the hunter sleeping in our genes. One of the objectives of this summer should be to revive this hunter, at least his 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 that the shortage imposed. But be careful! At no time should we erase the search for pleasure. The Cro-Magnon hunter undoubtedly knew how to find it.
Avoid supermarkets at meal times
Let’s take advantage of what we have acquired by tasting the pride of having, thanks to our brain, anticipated the pitfalls of life. So an important piece of advice, which will not make me popular with hypermarket managers: never, I mean never, do your shopping when hungry, especially in a supermarket.
30% more food in the cart when you’re hungry
A very serious American study looked into the problem. The contents of the hungry people’s shopping carts always contained at least 30% more food than when they were full. What’s more, products with a very high sugar content.
Take the test. For once, this is a scientific experiment that you can perfectly verify. You will see that the contents of your cart will spontaneously decrease by a third, and above all that there will be much, much less useless sugary products and drinks inside. The hungry hunter instinctively knew to look for sugar, because he knew that it was a quickly effective source of energy. It is true that most of us, when we are hungry, are much more attracted to a pastry than a butcher’s shop! We have kept this quality for the misfortune of our arteries… and our wallet!
