If you consider yourself a foodie and you make sure that sitting at the table is always an experience for your senses, avoid photo images before lunch or dinner. An American study from Brigham Young University has concluded that looking at pictures of food dishes reduces enjoyment while eating . And that, therefore, the tendency to photograph everything that we put in our mouths to dump it on digital platforms such as Instagram or Pinterest can reduce our appetite and make the gastronomic experience less fun. "In a way, you get tired of the taste before you have tasted the food, which is known as sensory boredom, " explains Ryan Elder, co-author of the work, who adds that overexposure to images of food increases the feeling of satiety .
In their experiments, the researchers showed that if we eat a dessert after seeing images of sweets and chocolates, we enjoy less from the first bite of what we are eating. And the same happens if we look at images of salty foods before they offer us a plate of peanuts.
