Diet companies or wellness influencers might suggest individuals should feel bad for falling off the wagon, but nutrition science is clear:
“It’s not your fault,” said registered dietitian Shana Minei Spence, who writes The Nutrition Tea newsletter.
Many people are unlikely to stick with a diet not because of some personal failing but simply “because we are human,” she added.
When we put a lot of focus and effort into not eating something, Markey said, our brains spend a lot of time thinking about that off-limits food.
This makes us even more likely to be drawn to that very thing.
The phenomenon, known in psychology as “ironic processing,” explains why the more control we try to place over food, the more it can end up controlling us.
The pressure around January resolutions leads many people to set unrealistic goals from the start, something Spence has observed:
“Instead of making small little changes, we want to completely revamp how we eat, and this has what’s called a forbidden fruit effect.” (CNN)
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