Food Tastes Sweeter (or saltier) When You’re Hungry: Skipping even one meal can make you more sensitive to sweet and salty tastes, researchers have found, confirming why a chocolate bar is extra rich to a dieter. Hunger could have an effect on the tongue’s tastes receptors, or on how the brain perceives gustatory information.
Extroverts Balance Work and Family Best: It seems that extroverts – outgoing, talkative types -- experience the most positive connections between their work and family roles. They were more likely to report that a good day on the job makes them better companions at home, whereas neurotic, anxious personalities find job worries carrying over into home life and vice versa.
More Gains, Less Pain Contrary to the coach’s mantra, pain or displeasure during a workout means that you’ve gone beyond the optimum level of exercise, a new study found. It turns out the best level of intensity is the one that is pleasant – a gauge that proved even more accurate than checking heart rates.
