Why you always have room for dessert

This wondrous dessert miracle has now been given a physiological explanation.

The sugar in sweet foods stimulates a reflex that expands your stomach, writes senior researcher Arnold Berstad and assistant doctor Jørgen Valeur from Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital in the latest issue of The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association.

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“If you eat dessert after you’re actually feeling stuffed you’re tricking your normal sensation of being full,” they argue.

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