Interesting article that suggests meditation before eating a meal as a weight loss method;
"Weight loss needs a reduction in caloric intake, which can be realized by simply practicing some meditation before eating meals, a new study suggests.
The study led by Dr. Carey Morewedge from Department of Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University shows people tended to eat less of a food if they imagined the eating process repeatedly before they actually ate the food. And the study found the more food a person "ate" in his imagination, the less food subsequently he would eat.
In the study, according to what Dr. Morewedge told NPR Science Friday radio program, study participants were told to imagine the process of eating M&M, including moving the candies into a bowl, and then asked to eat the real food. Those who imagined eating 30 M&M ate much less real M&M than those who imagined eating only 3 M&M.
Dr. Morewedge said simply imagining moving the food did not help...."
http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Non-food/Lifestyle/meditate_before_eating_your_meal_1112101209.html
Source: foodconsumer.org, 11/12/2010