03.09.08
Exercising self-control consumes energy
Literally: when you are exercising self-control, you are burning up your blood glucose. If you eat an orange, you can raise the level of self-control you have at hand. Read this for more.
Note that the article explains why dieting is so difficult: dieters are attempting to exercise self-control (at the table) at exactly the time when their blood sugar’s at a minimum. So a dieter would be well advised to drink a nice glass of sugar-sweetened lemonade (or drink a glass of orange juice or the like) a quarter of an hour before sitting down to eat.
This finding has obvious applications in child-rearing and explains why kids often have a melt-down just before dinner.
