Chocolate and crackers, even though one is sugary and the other is salty, had almost the same effect on hunger and how much women ate later.

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Effects of high-protein vs. high- fat snacks on appetite control, satiety, and eating initiation in healthy women

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2014 Sep 29

The study found that chocolate and crackers made people feel about the same in terms of hunger and when they wanted to eat dinner, which matches the claim — but the real story was that yogurt made people feel fuller longer than either snack.

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Effects of high-protein vs. high- fat snacks on appetite control, satiety, and eating initiation in healthy women

Score: 46

DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-13-97

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When healthy women eat a protein-rich yogurt snack in the afternoon instead of a chocolate bar, they feel less hungry later on, especially about an hour and a half after eating.

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Even though the yogurt snack made women feel fuller at one point after eating, overall they didn’t feel significantly more full than after eating chocolate or crackers.

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Even though the yogurt had more protein, it didn’t make women feel significantly fuller than the crackers at the 90-minute mark.

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The yogurt snack was much less dense in calories per gram than the chocolate or crackers, which might help explain why it kept people fuller longer.

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Even though the yogurt snack wasn’t as tasty as the chocolate or crackers, it still made women less hungry and made them eat less later.

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