Month: October 2016

“Mindfully” Eating Chocolate Increases Positive Mood

“Mindfully” Eating Chocolate Increases Positive Mood

A great study out of Gettysburg College’s Psychology department. Each participant was randomly asked to eat either a cracker or piece of chocolate either mindfully or non-mindfully. Researchers found that eating chocolate mindfully (focusing on the ingredient production) rather than simply eating without thinking produces