In a study published earlier this year in the journal: food, quality and preference, researchers found that people who ate large and small portions of the same snack reported being equally satisfied after 15 minutes, even though the group who ate the larger snack consumed 77 percent more calories.
Research suggests that when we can choose from a wide variety of foods, we generally eat more. Under the ‘smorgasbord effect’, new flavors are thought to stimulate appetite while bland or monotonous menus bore us into disinterest.
The human body’s drive for protein is so powerful that it will keep consuming food until its protein needs are met according to a University of Sydney study.
