Dessert is usually defined as the sweet course eaten at the end of a meal: a dessert of chocolate mousse. The term dessert can refer to many confections, such as biscuits, custards, cookies, cakes, ice creams, gelatins, pies, puddings, pastries, tarts, and sweet soups. You can also add fruit as a dessert because of its naturally occurring sweetness. Here Vicki Batts, Food.news, reflects on new research regarding eating dessert first which may actually help dieters cut calories overall:

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“Lots of people love to eat dessert first for the simple fact that life is too short to miss out on the best parts. But new research shows that choosing high-calorie treats at the start of a meal may not be so bad for you after all. In fact, reaching for that slice of cheesecake might even help you lose weight.

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While conventional nutrition “wisdom” declares that desserts are inherently bad foods, the truth is that treats made from whole foods can be part of a healthy diet. A dessert made from real ingredients may actually be healthier for you than a lot of the processed foodstuffs marketed as “healthy” diet food. Sweets need to be consumed in moderation, but as the research shows, moderation is more than enough to reap all the benefits dessert has to offer.

 

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New research from the American Psychological Association finds that choosing a high-calorie dessert first may help dieters eat less overall. As a press release from Science Daily explains, the scientists used lemon cheesecake and fresh fruit to see how different dessert options affected dieters’ meal choices overall.

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When dessert was placed at the front of a university cafeteria line, diners who selected the cheesecake chose healthier options for the rest of their meal — and consumed fewer overall calories at mealtime compared to those who chose fruit instead. Fruit-choosers selected more high-calorie entree options and ate more calories during the meal.

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However, this effect was not replicated when dessert options were placed at the end of the serving line.

Co-lead study author Martin Reimann, Ph.D., an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Arizona, said that the team believes choosing the more decadent dessert prompted diners into making healthier entree choices.

“We believe diners who chose the indulgent dessert first then picked healthier main and side dishes to make up for their high-calorie dessert,” Reinmann said.

“Diners who picked the healthier dessert may have thought they already had done a good deed for their bodies so they deserved higher-calorie food further down the cafeteria line,” he continued.”

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