http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=eating-in-the-dark#comments
The importance of being intentional about the way we feed ourselves is becoming more obvious. I have been saying "slow down and eat without distraction. Really pay attention, taste, and enjoy to your food when you are eating." for years. It is exciting to have research that helps us understand our experiences. This researcher reports, "The main result is that it seems surprisingly difficult to estimate the amount of food you consume in the absence of visual information".