The Psychology of Eating and Drinking

375 Pages·2004·6.29 MB·English

by  Logue, Alexandra W

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HE SYCHOLOGY
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ATING AND RINKING
Third Edition
A.W. Logue
New York London
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Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Logue,A.W.(Alexandra W.)
The psychology ofeating and drinking / A.W.Logue.—3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-415-95008-2 (hdbk :alk.paper) — ISBN 0-415-95009-0 (pbk :alk paper)
1.Food habits—Psychological aspects. 2.Nutrition—Psychological aspects. 3.Drinking
behavior. 4.Food preferences. I.Title
TX357.L67 2004
613 .2'01'9—dc 22
2004006642
To the memory ofGaga and Dad,
both ofwhom understood what food and people are all about
and were incomparable people themselves

Contents
(cid:1)
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
CHAPTER1 Introductions: 1
The Essential Nutrients of the Psychology
of Eating and Drinking
CHAPTER2 Down the Hatch: 11
Hunger and Satiety
CHAPTER3 “You Never Miss the Water Till 33
the Well Runs Dry”:Thirst
CHAPTER4 The Nose Knows (and So Does the Tongue) 45
CHAPTER5 Genes Rule—Or Do They? 63
CHAPTER6 One Person’s Meat Is Another Person’s Poison: 87
The Effects of Experience on Food Preferences
CHAPTER7 This or That:Choosing What We Eat and Drink 111
CHAPTER8 You Are What You Eat and Drink 127
CHAPTER9 “Hunger Talks a Most Persuasive Language”: 147
Anorexia and Bulimia
viii • The Psychology ofEating and Drinking
CHAPTER10 The Battle With the Bulge: 171
Overeating and Obesity
CHAPTER11 Drinking Your Life Away: 199
Alcohol Use and Abuse
CHAPTER12 How Sweet It Is: 225
Type 2 Diabetes
CHAPTER13 Strictly About Females 237
CHAPTER14 When and Why Smoking Affects Your Weight 255
CHAPTER15 We Do Not Live by Bread Alone: 265
Cuisine,Beer,and Wine
References 285
Author Index 345
Subject Index 349
Preface
(cid:1)
When I was a year old I stopped eating everything except bread and milk.
For years my diet showed little improvement,and by 15 I was eating mostly
meat,milk,potatoes,bread,orange juice,and desserts.I did noteat pizza,
spaghetti,or any other food that I considered “foreign.”I avoided soda,fresh
fruit (except bananas), vegetables (except peas, carrots, and beets), and
cheese (except grilled American cheese sandwiches). Fish I regarded as
poison.
My parents were not alarmed; I come from a long line of people with
unusual food preferences.My mother,by choice,rarely served fresh fruit or
fish at our home.She never served liver,which she hates,although my father
loved it.He always ate first the food he disliked most,and many times I saw
him finish salad and string beans before touching baked potato and steak.
When I was a child my mother frequently recounted to me how her grand-
father would eat chocolate cupcakes but not cake made from the same
batter;he said that the cake gave him indigestion.
At home my parents gave me vitamin pills and basically let me eat what-
ever I wanted.But everywhere else I had to contend with sticky social occa-
sions in which I was served what I abhorred eating.Just imagine going to a
birthday party and not being able to eat the soda and pizza that everyone
else was eating.
Food aversions were not the only troubles ofmy youth.Food preferences
also gave me problems.Although I disliked many things,when I did like a
food I could eat it at any hour of the day or night. My Southern grand-
mother was happy to feed me fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and hot
biscuits dripping with butter whenever I wished.It was not easy to keep my
weight at a reasonable level.One of the most dangerous places for me was