This post has actually been inspired by a comment left by a fellow webmaster, Miguel from CAT5 Extender, on my post about The Gabriel Method. Miguel pointed out that the color blue apparently acts as an appetite suppressant and will curb your appetite. Well, I had never heard of this so naturally I was curious and had to read up on it.
I found some very interesting articles on the effect of colors on your body and on your appetite in particular.
It is true, blue seems to be the color of the spectrum that acts as an appetite suppressant. In general blue is one of the most popular colors with people, but at the same time it is the one color that is the least appetizing when it comes to food. One reason might be that there are actually very few food items in nature that are blue in color (we have purple in cabbage and grapes, or aubergines, but can you think of any food items that are blue…?
Some researchers did studies on the theory of the color blue in regards to it curbing your appetite, and they found that when food dyed blue was served to the participants, they really did lose their appetite!
Research has also shown that brown, red and green are the most appetizing colors to us. That’s also why many restaurants use the color red abundantly in their decorating as it acts as an appetite stimulant.
So what’s one to do if one wants to lose weight the healthy way? Curb your appetite by
- putting your food on a blue plate!
- drink from blue cups!
- put a blue light bulb in your dining area and kitchen!
- put a blue light bulb in you fridge (I will actually see whether that is available)
- and the ultimate: use blue food coloring for your food! (Yuk, alone thinking about it makes me shiver). Just make sure you use safe food coloring, and not too much of it.
I hope you enjoyed reading about this phenomenon – I have to say thanks to Miguel! Here are some of the resource websites I looked up some of the facts:
http://www.colormatters.com/appmatters.html
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/colors1.html
I don’t know much about blue, but as I was reading your post, it struck me that brown and red are the notorious colors, which I relate with yummy food. I wish all the fast food joints and Chinese corners start utilizing blue colors!
Being an impulsive eater myself, I will surely give a shot at changing my plates and bowls to blue color ones. Will definitely check if there is a difference and comment on the blog.
I was aware of this already, nevertheless there are several useful bits that finalized the picture for me, thanks!
Well in that case, I have to change the colors of furniture near my couch! That’s the region where most dumping goes from. LOL
But then what about my hunger blues! Lol. I am not sure I’ll believe that, but that was an amusing read!
Very enjoyable read and I agree with the most of the comments posted here.
Thanks for your nice informative and well organized article. The post has a new meaning to me. I’ve never thought in this way.
Thanks again for sharing………
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This was pretty interesting but growing up I hearing someone saying “there is no naturally occurring blue foods. Blueberries aren’t even blue. It would make sense since some colors are more exciting that others would be soothing. We have some blue plates and cups at home already so I guess we are half way there.
Hmm, interesting. I’m curious if this has a proven result! Nevertheless, this is informative.
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so informative, it sounds that everything should be changed blue!we should go blue, and maybe to avoid such am glad that those yummy delicacies are on the ban, look forward to trying blue and avoid the red and brown colors.