The kitchen mistake that could be causing your weight gain
You may of heard that having a messy house (and we're not just talking about a few clothes on the floor) equals a messy life. It can inhibit productivity and really suck away your energy.
But if there's one room that you want to keep neat and tidy, it's the kitchen.
A recent study published in the journal of Environment and Behavior, found that cluttered and chaotic environments can cause stress, which ultimately leads to over-snacking and consuming more calories. And when reversed, found that a clean kitchen helped you snack smarter and cut calories. Clever.
Researchers took half of the 98 females participating and asked them to wait in a cluttered kitchen with scattered piles of papers and dirty dishes lying around, while the remaining half waited in an organised, clean kitchen.
Both kitchens had bowls of cookies, crackers and carrots on show. And what the researchers found was that the women who were in the messy environment consumed more - even twice as many cookies as the other group!
What was also interesting was that some of the participants were asked to write about a time when they felt out of control, while the other women were asked to write about a time when they felt in control of an event. The latter group then entered the cluttered room and consumed about 100 fewer total calories than those who felt out of control before heading in.
“Being in a chaotic environment and feeling out of control is bad for diets. It seems to lead people to think, ‘Everything else is out of control, so why shouldn’t I be?’” says lead author, Lenny Vartanian.
“I suspect the same would hold with males,” he adds.
The bottom line: We know it's hard to come home to a clean house every day, and we reckon there's no shame in having a little bit of mess here and there. But if you're mindful of your snacking habits (and waistline), it might be good to get the cleaning fairy in for a quick once over straight after meals.
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