Get angry - get skinny: Outrage will help you slim down and lose weight

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We lose our appetite when we are disgusted and angry, research finds

'Exposure to moral violations' may reduce food consumption

Feeling outrage might help us lose weight, a study says.

In moral behavioural tests, when people became disgusted by immoral acts, their appetite waned.
‘Exposure to moral violations reduces [food] consumption, and highlights a psychological truth in the metaphorical observation that moral violations “leave a bad taste” in one’s mouth,’ says Cindy Chan, who led the research.

Unleash the fury: 'Exposure to moral violations' may reduce food consumption, researchers have found

‘People may consume less coffee while reading the Sunday paper’s exposé of corporate fraud, a violation of ethical business practices.’
Researchers at Pennsylvania, Duke and Colorado universities showed non-French speakers a film in French.

Half were told it was about an incestuous relationship, the others that it was a conventional romance.
All the participants were given a chocolate milk drink while watching.Those who believed they were viewing an incest film, drank around a third less – 110g compared to 147g.
source:dailymail.uk.co