Shalom All:

Swallowing a Lie May Aid in Weight Loss, Research Suggests
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/nutrition/la-sci-diet2aug02.story
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A team led by psychologist Elizabeth F. Loftus of UC Irvine found that it could persuade people to avoid fattening foods by implanting unpleasant childhood memories about them - even though the memories were untrue.

In a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team said it successfully turned people off strawberry ice cream and, in earlier studies, it had done the same with pickles and hard-boiled eggs - in each case by manipulating the subjects to believe that the foods made them sick when they were children.

Deliberately implanting memories also "raises profound ethical questions," said Stephen Behnke, ethics director of the American Psychological Assn.
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The deception and lies start out oh so harmlessly, even portrayed as being helpful!

Hmmm ... where have I heard that line before?!  I remember something about a tree ... and it's fruit ... !!!!

Dianne
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