12 Natural Ways for Really Remarkably Fast Weight Loss
According to research by Dr. Alan Hirsch of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago, you don’t have to eat a food in order to feel satisfied by it. Simply smelling certain foods may instead trick your brain into believing you’ve eaten it, helping you to feel full faster — and ultimately lose weight. In a revealing study, 108 overweight participants sprinkled Hirsch’s tasteless calorie-free but scented crystals onto everything they ate for six months. They lost, on average, a respectable 30+ pounds each! Although the research has yet to be published, and many remain skeptical about whether or not the scented crystals really work, the results seem to speak for themselves. Plus, taste begins in your nose, as the olfactory nerve in your nose is linked to the brain regions that tell you when you’re full, so it’s a hypothesis that makes perfect sense. Hirsch told ABC News: “By smelling the smells, their brain perceives: ‘I’ve smelled it, therefore I’ve eaten it, therefore I better stop eating it. I’ve overeaten … It fools your brain into thinking you’ve eaten more and thus you eat less. You can