Contents:
- Medical Video: What If You Stopped Eating?
- Looking at photos of food now makes it hungry, how come?
- Eyes, the first senses that arouse taste
Medical Video: What If You Stopped Eating?
Social media like Instagram has influenced our lives to some extent. In fact, this social media has created many trends in society. No exception to the current food trends. Any new food is easily disseminated through social media. Seeing photos of food displayed on Instagram often makes us tempted to taste it and also make it hungry. In fact, you had already eaten and at this time it wasn't eating anymore. Isn't that right, seeing food photos makes you hungry?
Looking at photos of food now makes it hungry, how come?
With social media, you can easily exchange and share food photos. Yes, food has now become an interesting photo object, in addition to scenery or self-portraits.
Many of you, of course, don't forget to take pictures of contemporary foods that you think are funny or interesting before being eaten. This seems to have become a habit for many people. With great effort, you are definitely looking forangleand good angles so the food looks attractive on the screen handphone(Cellphone). No doubt, taking pictures of food to make it attractive is not easy.
Then right, isn't it, the food photos make the stomach suddenly hungry? Quoted from The Guardian news agency, according to research led by dr. Kathleen A. Page from the University of Southern California, photos of food can make you hungry. This is because the photos of food captured by our sense of sight will be transmitted by the nerves to the brain for translation.
Research conducted in the United States (US) proves that photos of fatty and oily foods, such as fried foods or ice cream can activate parts of the brain that control appetite.
Eyes, the first senses that arouse taste
Have you ever heard an expression that says, "We eat first with our eyes,"? The phrase was echoed by Apicius in the Roman era of the 1st century.
Through your eyes, you see food and photos of food that can make your brain respond by increasing your desire to eat. From images captured by the eye, then transferred by nerves to the brain. The brain will then order your body to eat. Your desire to eat will be greater if your brain is feeling "hungry".
So, be careful for those of you who often see photos of food on social media. It could be that your appetite increases and your food intake becomes more than usual.
If you are tempted to buy and try foods whose photos are displayed on social media, that means people or accounts that display these photos successfully attract customers. Yes, photos on social media are deliberately made to attract buyers. This is one of the marketing strategies.
According to The Guardian, fast food retailer McDonald has released a show that shows that there are many things that play a role in creating interesting food photos. Among them are lighting that affects the color of the photo, the time taken, the combination of colors, the layout of the object, and what is equally important is the food itself as an object.
For example, taking ice cream photos that cannot be done for a long time because the ice cream will melt. The shooting of fried chicken also results in better results if the chicken has just been fried and is still warm, the oil that is still attached to the chicken produces its own effect which makes the photo more attractive.
