The guilty pleasures of eating biscuits - and their consequences

[Retro]

Feel guilty at polishing off that packet of biscuits? On the one hand you "should" be as there are real negative health effects to doing this. On the other you shouldn't, as these damned things are specifically engineered to keep you coming back for more, so to some degree, you literally can't help it. All these things are true of me too, so I'm not sitting on my high horse here. This is why I hardly ever buy them and try to resist them when they're offered at work - occasionally a hotbed of all the wrong things to eat, especially around Christmas and new year.

Today’s biscuits, however, have been developed to a different end, suggests Dr Hameed. “They’re designed by food engineers to have a perfect bliss point – an ideal ratio of sugar, salt and fat that feels amazing and keeps us coming back for more,” says Dr Hameed.

What your daily biscuit habit does to your waist, heart and gut

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[Geffers]

I can resist an unopened packet but once opened then that's it.

The sealed pack is a psychological fence.

Geffers

 

[Tiffany]

Just looking at this picture, makes me want to snack.

 

[live627]

Bruh, who is rich enough to buy enough cookies for every day? Mad! I can buy a bunch of ground beef for the same price as a dozen cookies.

 

[Tiffany]

We also try to make better choices when buying food, but somehow little snacks get in the shopping cart anyway....just a little.

 

[Uncrowned]

I can resist an unopened packet but once opened then that's it.

The sealed pack is a psychological fence.

Geffers

Yes, this is the problem. They need to find a way to add puzzles of something to prevent easy access.

 

[live627]

Solution: Be poor AF xD