How We Eat with Our Eyes and Think with Our Stomach was a really interesting look into the psychology of why (& how much) we eat. This was a quick read, and I found myself wanting more when I reached the end of the book. While some of the things mentioned in this book would be considered “general knowledge” to anyone that has ever read an article about weight loss it is also chock full of facts that I hadn’t heard before. Did you know there was a study to determine what color yellow people preferred their bananas to be? I didn’t.

This is a fascinating book about eating habits that everyone should read ! The authors break down why we crave certain foods, what we should be eating and how to break bad habits. I found it very humorous, wonderfully written and enjoyable. The dietary thought process is clearly and concisely explained here. As someone who gave up sugar years ago , I understood a life long craving and how to succeed in giving up foods . The authors here really explain the psychology behind cravings, the effects certain foods have on our brain and why we return to bad habits. It was truly informative and very useful. I recommend this book for everyone that has issues with food, cravings or is seeking a healthier lifestyle.

Melanie Muhl and Diana Von Kopp have written a fun, informative and engaging book about the role of the senses (touch, taste, smell, visual senses) and unconscious mind in influencing what types of food we will eat. The book is very snappy and short and gets right to the point. We are heavily influenced by a myriad of factors as we try to make the best food choices for ourselves. We are consciously and unconsciously being pulled and pushed by so many commercial, marketing and claims of scientific evidence that the word “choice” becomes slippery. I was taken aback by how science is used, manipulated and yet critical to make mindful food choices. It is hard to know which is which in the constant stream of studies, celebrity claims, false evidence and just plain nonsense that pours out through the many lobby’s trying to get their market share. How We Eat with our Eyes and Think with our Stomach gives us a witty and entertaining book that makes us aware of this conundrum and gives us some solid evidence (books , articles) to start understanding it.

Delicious receipts. Good ideas for new eve events. I recommend it

I LOVE…LOVE…AND LOVE the information in this book! It’s like mindful eating on speed! I can’t imagine NOT telling someone to get this book!!! How We Eat… is heading for GREAT SUCCESS!

This amazing book is so well written and covers SO MUCH about the psychology of eating, emotional connections with food, all sorts of sensory experiences associated with food, and illusions of authorities, how we think of ourselves around others, food noise phobias, music validations and how it can affect our time spent in a restaurant, what and how we order off menu’s, delights vs. disgust psychology, how forks may be more trouble than their worth, and so so so much more-and so much more that one review could possibly never cover!

I seriously cannot put this book down and I HIGHLY recommend it both for yourself and every friend out there!

Subtitled "Learn to See the Hidden Influences That Shape Your Eating Habits" this was a great book about how we see food both with our eyes and with our minds (it's not necessarily the same thing!). Even knowing as much as your average amateur can about how easily the mind can have the wool pulled over it, I was surprised by some of the revelations here. You may think you know how deceptive advertising can be, but what if the advertising is the food itself? What if we're already weakened and susceptible because everyone has to eat, and nature itself has predisposed us to give in to the very things which the six-hundred-billion dollar military-food complex is trying to foist upon us?

Just kidding about the military-food complex (although not about the six-hundred-billion dollars), but food is making an impressive assault on us, and it's showing on our waistlines. Maybe it should be referred to as the militating food complex?! The fact is that it's in our nature from when we were all hunter-gatherers to seek fats and sugars, and now they're so readily available to us, we have a hard time saying no. But it's not even that simple, because food sneaks in under the radar, and we can be manipulated so easily not just by it, but by those who are trying to purvey it to us.

The authors (journalist Melanie Mühl and psychologist Diana von Kopp) pull research and references from fields such as behavioral psychology, biology, neuroscience, and pop culture and make it available in short, pithy, topical chapters which make reading this so easy I got through it long before I expected to. They ask an assortment of questions and answer them: Why do we like certain foods so much? Is raw food healthier than cooked? Why do people overeat? And a lot more. They talk about real world studies and research and come up with some quite amazing trivia about our eating habits, which turns out to be not so trivial at all.

You may know that if you get a smaller plate at an all-you-can-eat buffet, you're likely to eat less than if you start with a larger plate, but did you know that if you sit facing the buffet, you're more likely to eat more than if you face away from it? Ot that if you get a red plate and tableware, you're likely to eat less as well? I guess that last one doesn't apply so much at Christmas, when we often see red plates, but over-eat anyway! But Christmas is of then the exception to many rules.

If you're interested in how humans behave, in food and diet, or are looking to maybe lose a couple of pounds and want to find ways to psych yourself into it, this is a great book to read. It's not a diet book by any means, but it does clue you in to both diet and weakness, and knowledge is a powerful weapon. Even as a book about food and perception, which is what this is, it was fun, interesting, surprising, engaging, and well-worth the read. I recommend it.

I loved this book! It was a very simple read, a lot of the information I already knew, but I learned some new things to help me in my journey. I was thin when I was young, then gained weight & struggled to lose it. I realized about two years ago, that it was my brain stopping me from losing the weight. I have read every thing I can, that will help me learn how to take back control of my own brain. It has totally changed my life & I am losing inches steadily every month, just by changing my thoughts & approach to food.