Why you always seem to have room for dessert

There's a scientific reason behind your "second stomach."

How is it that, after stuffing ourselves full at dinner, we somehow find room to eat again once dessert comes around? Turns out, the thing that makes us do this has a name: It's called "sensory-specific satiety," and it's actually supposed to keep us healthy.

[wizzzer]

As long as it's delicious, stomach physics need not apply.

[thoryan]

Me, an intellectual: "We have a salt stomach and a sugar stomach."

[TheHairlessKoala]

because dessert doesn't go to your belly, it goes to your heart

[mothmansboyfriend]

As my sister says, “ice cream fills in the gaps”

[lockettowl]

I'm too distracted by the slop y'all called macaroni and cheese

[RBuckminsterFuller]

I guess it's why a salad with ten ingredients is so much more delicious than a salad with three ingredients.

[ollynolly]

Me, a binge eater: this is not a good video for me

[technoshido]

why does vox always answer my weirdest questions?

[yen]

Mac and cheese then ice cream - my lactose intolerance is shook

[pmnyein]

So basically we choose to be full if we are not interested in the food?

[K_bman]

The lactose intolerance in me is screaming at that experiment.

[kawtarmilki]

Who else would like to see an inverse experience of this : serve the ice cream first than mac & cheese ?

[oaalnkit]

"A giant plate of mac and cheese" = what i eat everyday

[LambOfDemyelination]

The ice-cream melts and fits between the cracks! Simple

[generalhyde]

This is why I say “Everything in moderation.”

[ukikayo]

In our language we call it “umay” it simply means that you grew tired of eating something and dessert basically breaks that monotonous taste. 😉

[duchi]

*Fun Fact:*
In Japanese, always having room for dessert is called _"Betsubara"_

[randomgirl]

Mac and Cheese: Do you have any rooms available?
Stomach: I'm sorry but each and every room is already taken
Ice Cream: There are no more rooms available?
Stomach: Actually, there's still one more room available sir
Mac and Cheese: Hey! I was here first!

[katiev]

My mom always told me that ice cream “fills in the cracks”

[MaddieFishblob]

Something ALL parents NEED to know:




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