Limiting flavors may be key to weight loss

Limiting flavors may be key to weight loss: "Limiting flavors may be key to weight loss

(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) :: Obesity researcher Dr. David Katz holds a copy of his new book, 'The Flavor Point Diet,' in which he says the newest way to lose weight is cutting back on flavors, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2005, in Chicago.

By Associated Press
LINDSEY TANNER
Updated: 01/18/06

CHICAGO

Forget counting carbs and calories. Obesity researcher Dr. David Katz says the way to lose weight is to limit flavors.

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Katz, director of Yale University's Prevention Research Center, says people stop eating when the brain's appetite center registers 'full.' But eating lots of flavors promotes overeating because different sensors must register full for appetite to subside, Katz says."