The recent survey of professor Jeff Brunstrom shows that people on a low-calorie diet tend to choose bigger portions of food wich pack in more extra calories than their ordinary food.
In other words, so-called dietetic food can be a way to gluttony as low-calorie diets can have a negative feedback effect.
In other his survey, children aged 10-13 years were offered six different types of unhealthy food and asked how many of this food they could eat.
It has turned out that children which parents had limited them in the consumption of sweet food ate too much sweets and chocolate because they couldn't stop.
The other children who were allow to buy sweets chose smaller portions and determined food caloric more correctly.
One of the reasons for this is that the first group of children knew less about properties of products.
As the old saying goes, too much water drowned the miller or everything in moderation is good.
In addition, some studies suggest that the people who surround us influence our diet.
People from milieus leading a healthy lifestyle are more likely to lead a healthy lifestyle, too.
Or, to put it another way, an unhealthy lifestyle can be contagious.