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The Right Idea, the Wrong Message

Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger

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The Effect of Healthy Options on Lifestyle Choices

Just seeing a healthy option pushes people to make unhealthier choices. People who thought they were taking supplements smoked nearly twice as much perhaps thinking at some Subconscious level that since they had just done something good for the health they could afford to live a little. The halo of healthy foods can even warp our perceptions show weight conscious people a burger and nothing else Then ask them to estimate the number of calories and the average answer is 734 calories now show folks the exact same burger accompanied by three celery sticks and they guess the total comes out to 619 calories did they think the celery had negative calories too? No most didn't but when you add an apple to your burger it makes

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