Smelling Smarter-David Adler-Edison State

The NY Times article “A Slimmer You May be a Whiff Away”(June, 2009) Abby Ellin explains that by seducing scents may lead to weight loss..  First I feel that Sensa is mostly a mental substance that can help and hurt an appetite.  For years people have said that by sucking on a mint will make you think better and smarter while taking a test.  I believe this is true in this case with smell being a factor in a person’s mentality.  Scent to me is what attracts me to certain foods, and at times is my determining factor on the food im going to be eating that day.  I believe when they said that eliminating the smell of a food would decrease your appetite. For example chocolate is so good because it smells amazing.  If you changed the smell of chocolate to garbage it would be less intriguing and would not attract my appetite.  I feel that smell is a major factor in how much you would eat of something or even decrease your appetite by alleviating that amazing smell of fresh food. 

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