These plates contain the same amount of food but the portion looks much bigger on the smaller
plate.
So replace larger plates with smaller ones and you will end up eating less.
Don't reach for snacks using your dominate hand, instead use your non-dominant hand and
you'll end up eating about 20% less.
Short wide glasses look like they contain the same amount as a tall thin one.
But that's an illusion, actually they hold far more.
To cut down on drinking, use a tall thin glass.
Then there's the power of mirrors.
In one experiment, psychologist Brad Bushman.
'Hi, I'm Brad Bushman'.
Place both healthy and unhealthy food on a table and asked people to snack away.
When he placed a mirror behind the food, they became more self-conscious and ate more healthily.
So placing a mirror in your kitchen on on your refrigerator door.
You'll consume fewer calories each day if you chew gum when you feel hungry.
And go for fruit flavoured gum, because mint flavour makes some healthy food taste strange.
People who eat quickly consume more.
To eat less, just slow down and, place your fork or spoon down between each bite.
Research shows that people eat fewer snacks when they are served on red plates, perhaps
because red is associated with stop.
Either way, when you have the choice, go for red plates and bowls.
You eat more when you watch television.
And so simple turning off your TV at mealtimes means that you will consume up to 50% less.
Just taking a photograph of all of the unhealthy food you eat will help you cut down on unhealthy
eating by around about a third.
Whenever we see lots of different varieties of food we are tempted to try some of each.
To eat less, serve the same amount of food, but cut down on the variety.