Struggling to stick to your diet? Then make sure you stock up on fruit and veg – even if you don’t eat it .

堅(jiān)持減肥很痛苦?開始儲(chǔ)備大量的水果和蔬菜吧——即使你不吃它們。

Scientists have discovered that the sight and smell of healthy food can help dieters stick to their weight-loss goals.

科學(xué)家們發(fā)現(xiàn)，健康食物的外觀和味道能幫助減肥者堅(jiān)持他們的減肥食譜。

In one test people reduced their chocolate consumption by more than half if they smelt a fresh orange first.

在一項(xiàng)測(cè)試中，人們?cè)诼劻诵迈r橙子的味道后就減少了一大半的巧克力攝入量。

And diners who started with a salad instead of garlic bread went on to eat a smaller main course – because the sight of the lettuce reminded them about their diet.

而那些以一份色拉而不是蒜蓉面包開始晚飯的人則會(huì)吃更少的主食�！�—因?yàn)槌允Ｏ碌纳�菜�?huì)提醒他們減肥的事兒。

Researcher Nicola Buckland said that when tempted by food, dieters should ‘take a few moments to focus on the sensory properties of healthy food, such as the sight and smell of fruit or salad vegetables’.

研究人員尼古拉-巴克蘭表示，當(dāng)受到食物的誘惑時(shí)，減肥者們可以“花點(diǎn)時(shí)間關(guān)注于獲取那些健康食物的感官性狀，諸如水果和蔬菜的外觀和味道。”

She added: ‘Healthy food cues can provide an instant reminder to dieters. Or order a salad as a starter to help reduce intake.’

她還補(bǔ)充道，“那些關(guān)于健康食物的線索會(huì)提供減肥者們及時(shí)的提醒。選用色拉作為開胃菜也有助于減少食物攝入量。”

Miss Buckland also recommended filling our fruit bowls and keeping the fridge well-stocked if we want a bit of extra help sticking to our diet plans.

巴克蘭女士同樣推薦減肥者們，如果對(duì)堅(jiān)持減肥食譜需要一點(diǎn)額外的幫助，可以把水果碗加滿，同時(shí)保持冰箱儲(chǔ)備充足。

Even when away from home, dieters can prompt resistance to temptation with a piece of fruit or baby carrots. Or when eating out 'order a salad as a starter to help reduce intake', said Miss Buckland.

即使在遠(yuǎn)離家的地方，減肥者們也可以通過一小片水果或小胡蘿卜來增加對(duì)食物誘惑的抵抗力。

The study also found the effects of healthy food to improve dieters' self-control may be most beneficial when hungry.

這項(xiàng)研究還發(fā)現(xiàn)，健康食物所帶來的增加減肥者自控力的效用在饑餓時(shí)是最有效的。