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ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋdeshipu@fosstodon.org
Aug 6, 2026, 11:13 AM
There is research (because of course there is) showing that we buy different things if we go shopping hungry. But do we also cook differently when hungry? Cooking involves a lot of small, mostly unconscious decisions, it wouldn't be that surprising if they were affected by our internal state, no? And then is it better for us to cook hungry or is it better when we are sated? I would expect that when hungry we would prefer more fat and sugars in our food, so it's less healthy then?
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Alex Schroederalex@social.alexschroeder.ch
Aug 6, 2026, 11:19 AM
@deshipu Anecdotaly, based on myself, I say: we do and it's not better. I've made it a rule to eat some bread and cheese or something like that before going shopping for food and before starting to cook. I tend to buy less and cook less if I do. I'm not sure about the composition of the food, but in my case, it's definitely "more". A bigger piece of the zucchini, a bigger handful of pasta, a fuller cup of rice, that kind of thing.
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Timon 🛠timonsku@mastodon.social
Aug 6, 2026, 11:20 AM
@deshipu From my experience and observing others, people definitely gravitate to high caloric foods/ingredients when hungry. Cravings are usually backed by some need of the body if there isn't some form of ED at play.
But that immediate need is of course not necessarily always the most healthy outcome in the long run if that means you eat food with little nutrition beyond energy it provides.
So I would say we probably cook worse on average when hungry, both taste and health wise.
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