【2017年整理】ted讲解.pptVIP

Why dieting doesn’t usually work; About the speaker;New words;5 . willpower n. 毅力, 意志力 Psychologists classify eaters into two groups, those who rely on their hunger and those who try to control their eating through willpower, like most dieters. 心理学家把“吃货”分成两类,一类人靠本能的饥饿反应去吃,另一类人则是用意志去控制饮食,就像大多数节食者一样.; Obese [ ??b??s] adj. 肥胖的, 肥大的 But a healthy lifestyle helps obese people too. 但是健康的生活方式也帮助肥胖者 ;questions; ; If it is convinced that dieting may be a problem ,what do you do about it ? In a word, is mindfulness. Im not saying you need to learn to meditate or take up yoga. Im talking about mindful eating: learning to understand your bodys signals so that you eat when youre hungry and stop when youre full, because a lot of weight gain boils down to eating when youre not hungry. ; Your brain also has its own sense of what you should weigh, no matter what you consciously believe. This is called your set point, but thats a misleading term, because its actually a range of about 10 or 15 pounds. You can use lifestyle choices to move your weight up and down within that range, but its much, much harder to stay outside of it. The hypothalamus, the part of the brain that regulates body weight, there are more than a dozen chemical signals in the brain that tell your body to gain weight, more than another dozen that tell your body to lose it.; How do you do it? Give yourself permission to eat as much as you want, and then work on figuring out what makes your body feel good. Sit down to regular meals without distractions. Think about how your body feels when you start to eat and when you stop, and let your hunger decide when you should be done. It took about a year for me to learn this, but its really been worth it. I am so much more relaxed around food than I have ever been in my life. I often dont think about it. I forget we have chocolate in the house.