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香水にはまってから確かに体重減ったわ…なるほどねー。
exert
意味 (かたく)〈人· 物が〉＜人· 物· 事に＞〈力など〉を用いる, 行使する ＜on, upon, over＞
Your sense of smell can exert a lot of influence over your eating choices – but scientists may now have discovered how to it.
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語源は[ ex (外へ)sert (巻きつける) ]。これは難しいので何度か調べて覚えよう。
waft
意味 [～＋[副]]〈音· におい· 煙などが〉ふわりと漂う, 飛ぶ （[副]は方向の表現） .
It’s one thing ignoring sealed chips and candy bars in your local store, but trying to ignore the scent of hot dogs wafting over from the stand on the way home can make it harder to avoid snacking when you’re not hungry.
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Director of the study Dipayan Biswas and his colleagues wrote that, often, it’s enough to simply smell a snack for a long enough period to reduce your appetite for it.
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バニラの香りが好きで家では甘い香水つけてるけど、確かにお腹減るの遅い。そういうことか！
Those who smelled the scents of foods like pizza or cookies for 30 seconds tended to have a greater appetite for the snack than those who inhaled the scent for a full two minutes.The latter ended up choosing other snacks like apples and strawberries.
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ほうほう。満腹中枢が勘違いするのかね。まあ昔から香水ダイエットってあったけど。
resist
意味 〈人が〉（好きな物· 事を） 我慢する, 控える, 断る
Next time you’re struggling to resist a snack, just hold out for two minutes, inhale, and enjoy the smell.
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