Drop the Remote and Drop the Pounds
By Linda Vongkhamchanh
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How to Beat Overeating
It’s true what they say—television adds 10 pounds. A recent study shows that TV food ads directly correlate with an increase in calorie consumption. Before you swear off your TV, Health Editor-at-Large, Madelyn Fernstrom, Ph.D., CNS, helps you avoid the television-induced munchies:
- Don’t watch TV on an empty stomach.
- Have a low-fat, high-fiber snack beforehand.
- If you can, fast forward through commercials.
- The simplest way, watch less TV.
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Comments
Date: 08/06/2009 - 09:02 pm
I couldn't agree more with this. It is a nightmare for me watching tv at night, in fact sometimes I will see an ad on tv at night and still be craving it the next day. I know a lot of women feel like this. I posted this on the truuconfessions site a while a go about how I was fighting the urge to go a fast food place at 10pm at night after seeing it on tv. I got 25 "me too's" Thank goodness for the DVR so I can fast forward through the ads.