--- title: Why Crunchy Food Might Help You Lose Weight description: Noticing the sound that food makes is the essence of mindful eating, which can help optimize your meals canonical: https://time.com/4266593/weight-loss-crunchy-food/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-22T12:00:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:56:03.325Z article:section: Health og:title: Why Crunchy Food Might Help You Lose Weight og:description: Noticing the sound that food makes is the essence of mindful eating, which can help optimize your meals og:url: https://time.com/4266593/weight-loss-crunchy-food/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb64968e170c322c4/69888bd8a988ca29b96b712d/red-apple-bitten.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3864 og:image:height: 2174 og:image:alt: red-apple-bitten og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Crunchy Food Might Help You Lose Weight twitter:description: Noticing the sound that food makes is the essence of mindful eating, which can help optimize your meals twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb64968e170c322c4/69888bd8a988ca29b96b712d/red-apple-bitten.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why Crunchy Food Might Help You Lose Weight > Sponsored content. 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Named editors include Richard Hall (The Brief), Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs (Inside TIME), Eliza Berman (Worth Your Time), Philip Elliott (D.C. Brief), Justin Worland (Future Proof) and Harry Booth (In the Loop). Health Matters is written by TIME's health desk. #### How do I sign up for a TIME newsletter? Go to time.com/newsletters, choose the newsletters you want and enter your email address. There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=06bff6dc-7951-4efb-9fac-abc3229603fe&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Know Right Now: The Dangers of 'Skinny Fat' [Watch (HLS stream): Know Right Now: The Dangers of 'Skinny Fat'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nwMvhaug.m3u8) (1:01)  _Published 2015-11-10. Carrying fat around the midsection is dangerous, even if the person isn’t overweight, researchers say_ by [Kristine Thomason / Health.com](https://time.com/author/health-com/) ## Kristine Thomason / Health.com Contributor Mar 22, 2016 12:00 PM UTC  Bitten red apple, studio shot Bitten red apple, studio shot Getty Images by [Kristine Thomason / Health.com](https://time.com/author/health-com/) ## Kristine Thomason / Health.com Contributor Mar 22, 2016 12:00 PM UTC A recent study has revealed a [weight-loss trick](http://www.health.com/weight-loss/tricks-for-weight-loss) that couldn’t be simpler: Turn down the volume in your environment (or your earbuds), and listen to yourself chew. The findings of the study suggest that you’ll eat less if you’re more aware of the noise your food makes while you’re chomping away—a concept the researchers have coined [the crunch effect](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950329316300271). Listening to yourself chew may seem odd at first, because most of us don’t pay much attention to the cacophony in our mouths. Noise is a sensory cue we tend to overlook when we’re eating, the study authors explained in a news release. According to Ryan Elder, an assistant professor of marketing at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management, sound is known as “[the forgotten food sense](http://news.byu.edu/news/sounds-eating-may-reduce-how-much-you-eat#sthash.CgPZrZ2C.dpuf).” **_Health.com:_**[_49 Ways to Trick Yourself Into Feeling Full_](http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20979994,00.html?xid=time) To learn more about its potential impact on our eating habits, Elder, together with his colleague Gina Mohr, an assistant professor of marketing at Colorado State University, conducted a series of experiments. In one trial, one group of participants wore headphones playing loud music while they snacked on pretzels, and another wore headphones playing quiet music while they grazed. The result: The louder music disguised the sounds of mastication, and people in the first group ate more pretzels on average. In another experiment, the researchers found that when the participants simply imagined chewing noises they consumed less. **_Health.com:_**[_How Putting a Mirror in Your Dining Room Might Help You Lose Weight_](http://news.health.com/2016/01/05/how-putting-a-mirror-in-your-dining-room-might-help-you-lose-weight/?xid=time) The takeaway? [Being mindful of your munching](http://time.com/4252816/mindful-eating-heart-health/) could lead you to have fewer chips, or cookies, or nuts. And that so-called crunch effect can make a difference in the long-term. As Elder put it, “over the course of a week, month, or year, it could really add up.” [_This article originally appeared on Health.com_](http://news.health.com/2016/03/18/why-crunchy-food-might-help-you-lose-weight/?xid=time) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4266593/weight-loss-crunchy-food/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4266593/weight-loss-crunchy-food/"},"headline":"Why Crunchy Food Might Help You Lose Weight","datePublished":"2016-03-22T12:00:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:56:03.325Z","description":"Noticing the sound that food makes is the essence of mindful eating, which can help optimize your meals","url":"https://time.com/4266593/weight-loss-crunchy-food/","keywords":["Diet & Nutrition","diet","Food","Nutrition","Obesity","Weight loss","health","mindfulness","eating"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb64968e170c322c4/69888bd8a988ca29b96b712d/red-apple-bitten.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kristine Thomason / Health.com"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb64968e170c322c4/69888bd8a988ca29b96b712d/red-apple-bitten.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"red-apple-bitten","caption":"red-apple-bitten","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/dietnutrition/","name":"Diet & Nutrition"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4266593/weight-loss-crunchy-food/","name":"Why Crunchy Food Might Help You Lose Weight"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: The Dangers of 'Skinny Fat'","description":"Carrying fat around the midsection is dangerous, even if the person isn’t overweight, researchers say","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/nwMvhaug/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-11-10T15:39:55.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nwMvhaug.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4266593/weight-loss-crunchy-food/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4266593/weight-loss-crunchy-food/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```