October 16th, 2005
Bring Me a Steak: What Your Food Choices Say About You
By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
I love a good steak, which based on recent findings now means I am an angry person. Well %$$% that. (Just kidding kids!) Not sure how much validity we should give to this study, but what I liked is that instead of saying carbs are bad or steak is bad or whatever - it tried to connect why you eat what you eat - finally making me understand that old saying “you are what you eat.” So I guess I am an angry woman. (sigh) Got a problem with that?!
Psychologists have found that personality and mood can be betrayed by the choice of food on a person’s plate. While angry people prefer tough food such as meat that they can chomp and chew, those who are depressed opt for the stimulation of sugary food and caffeine. Those who are of a jealous disposition often pile their plates high with whatever is available, perhaps indicating that they had to compete with siblings at the dinner table when they were children. The study, which uses data from the case notes of more than 500 people, is thought to be the first to detail what foods are linked with what states of mind.
FOOD MOODS: What your food says about how you feel:
Angry: Meat
Sad: Sugary food, caffeine
In need of comfort: Custard, ice cream
Lonely: Rice, pasta
Stressed or ambitious: Crisps, soy sauce, onions
Sexually frustrated: Biscuits, bread
Jealous: Pile the plate with anything
Source: TimesOnline.co.uk
Jason says:
Ha ha - that’s the goofiest crap I’ve ever read! British psychologists are pretty silly.
October 16th, 2005 at 6:52 pm
David Johnston says:
So what kind of food do you eat when you’re a happy, well-adjusted person??? All I see there is “angry”, “sad”, “lonely”, “stressed”, “*sexually frustrated*”, and “jealous”. Are all the happy, nice people in the world supposed to starve!?! Man, that makes me angry!
I guess you can tell I had steak for dinner
Seriously though, this is a load of BS.
October 16th, 2005 at 7:10 pm
James B says:
Can we get some numbers on the side? Seriously I am supposed to believe this form a sample size of 500 people when there are billions of people out there?
October 16th, 2005 at 8:37 pm
Alice says:
Happy: Ice Cream and Cheeseburgers
Content: Jello, mac and cheese
October 16th, 2005 at 9:38 pm
Jason says:
Psychologists don’t consider that there are, in fact, truly happy people, which is why they base their studies on the morose.
October 17th, 2005 at 6:21 am
Metermax says:
You know, this is a screwed up study, because their sample group came from screwed up people only. Man, they might eat anything.
I’m sure they left out the people who eat wood chips or bugs, because they were a minority in the sample.
October 17th, 2005 at 7:46 am
Alice says:
Wood chips and bugs = starving
October 17th, 2005 at 10:46 am
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Bring Me A Steak: What Your Food Choices Say About You
I love a good steak, which, based on recent findings, now means I am an angry person. Well %$#$ that. (Just kidding, kids!) Not sure how much validity we should give to this study, but what I liked is that instead of saying carbs are bad or steak is ba…
October 17th, 2005 at 11:54 am
JohnT says:
I like Korean food, Japanese food, German food, American food,
Italian, everything but Chiterlins. Wine, beer, Captain Morgan Rum. What am I- a gourmet, or a hog? These psycho-logists obviously don’t know their arse from a cappucino.
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