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“Have Some Sugar” and Six Other Ways to Be Good: Evidence from BPS Research

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One of the my favorite blogs on the planet is BPS Research,  where folks from the British Psychological Society summarize the latest psychological research — and do so with delightful charm and accuracy.  I was just visiting (it is a great place to look around) and, as part of just one post, they offer "7 Ways to Be Good."

Check out these links to studies from peer-reviewed journals:

Learn healthier habits
Have an energy drink
Use your inner voice
Practise self control
Clench your muscles
Form if-then plans
Distract yourself

They are all wonderful, but I was especially amused by the experiment showing that students who (after an exam that presumably depleted their glucose levels) had a "high-glucose lemonade" were more likely to offer help to a classmate who was facing eviction and to offer larger donations to charity.  No, it wasn't just because the experimenter gave the students a gift…the students in the control condition (who were less generous) were given a low-glucose lemonade.  Sugar isn't all bad! 

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56 responses to ““Have Some Sugar” and Six Other Ways to Be Good: Evidence from BPS Research”

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  9. Thomas Avatar
    Thomas

    I think there’s an enormous amount of research to be done (though much of it would perhaps be unnecessary if people trusted their common sense) on the intelligent planning of work, food intake, coffee breaks, fruit bowls, exercise, etc., in organizations. I’m sure some of it is already being done. If you have any reading suggestions, I’m all eyes.

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  10. Thomas Avatar
    Thomas

    I think there’s an enormous amount of research to be done (though much of it would perhaps be unnecessary if people trusted their common sense) on the intelligent planning of work, food intake, coffee breaks, fruit bowls, exercise, etc., in organizations. I’m sure some of it is already being done. If you have any reading suggestions, I’m all eyes.

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  11. Thomas Avatar
    Thomas

    I think there’s an enormous amount of research to be done (though much of it would perhaps be unnecessary if people trusted their common sense) on the intelligent planning of work, food intake, coffee breaks, fruit bowls, exercise, etc., in organizations. I’m sure some of it is already being done. If you have any reading suggestions, I’m all eyes.

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  12. Thomas Avatar
    Thomas

    I think there’s an enormous amount of research to be done (though much of it would perhaps be unnecessary if people trusted their common sense) on the intelligent planning of work, food intake, coffee breaks, fruit bowls, exercise, etc., in organizations. I’m sure some of it is already being done. If you have any reading suggestions, I’m all eyes.

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  13. Thomas Avatar
    Thomas

    I think there’s an enormous amount of research to be done (though much of it would perhaps be unnecessary if people trusted their common sense) on the intelligent planning of work, food intake, coffee breaks, fruit bowls, exercise, etc., in organizations. I’m sure some of it is already being done. If you have any reading suggestions, I’m all eyes.

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  14. Thomas Avatar
    Thomas

    I think there’s an enormous amount of research to be done (though much of it would perhaps be unnecessary if people trusted their common sense) on the intelligent planning of work, food intake, coffee breaks, fruit bowls, exercise, etc., in organizations. I’m sure some of it is already being done. If you have any reading suggestions, I’m all eyes.

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    Thomas

    I think there’s an enormous amount of research to be done (though much of it would perhaps be unnecessary if people trusted their common sense) on the intelligent planning of work, food intake, coffee breaks, fruit bowls, exercise, etc., in organizations. I’m sure some of it is already being done. If you have any reading suggestions, I’m all eyes.

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  16. Thomas Avatar
    Thomas

    I think there’s an enormous amount of research to be done (though much of it would perhaps be unnecessary if people trusted their common sense) on the intelligent planning of work, food intake, coffee breaks, fruit bowls, exercise, etc., in organizations. I’m sure some of it is already being done. If you have any reading suggestions, I’m all eyes.

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    Hi Bob you have a great blog! Very interesting

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    Hi Bob you have a great blog! Very interesting

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    Hi Bob you have a great blog! Very interesting

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  25. r.e. riker Avatar
    r.e. riker

    With regard to “Sugar isn’t all bad!”, I would recommend taking a look at the section “Sweet paradox” in “Brain Boosters” (http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/69708/title/Brain_Boosters).

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  26. r.e. riker Avatar
    r.e. riker

    With regard to “Sugar isn’t all bad!”, I would recommend taking a look at the section “Sweet paradox” in “Brain Boosters” (http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/69708/title/Brain_Boosters).

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  27. r.e. riker Avatar
    r.e. riker

    With regard to “Sugar isn’t all bad!”, I would recommend taking a look at the section “Sweet paradox” in “Brain Boosters” (http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/69708/title/Brain_Boosters).

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  28. r.e. riker Avatar
    r.e. riker

    With regard to “Sugar isn’t all bad!”, I would recommend taking a look at the section “Sweet paradox” in “Brain Boosters” (http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/69708/title/Brain_Boosters).

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  29. r.e. riker Avatar
    r.e. riker

    With regard to “Sugar isn’t all bad!”, I would recommend taking a look at the section “Sweet paradox” in “Brain Boosters” (http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/69708/title/Brain_Boosters).

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  30. r.e. riker Avatar
    r.e. riker

    With regard to “Sugar isn’t all bad!”, I would recommend taking a look at the section “Sweet paradox” in “Brain Boosters” (http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/69708/title/Brain_Boosters).

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  31. r.e. riker Avatar
    r.e. riker

    With regard to “Sugar isn’t all bad!”, I would recommend taking a look at the section “Sweet paradox” in “Brain Boosters” (http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/69708/title/Brain_Boosters).

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  32. r.e. riker Avatar
    r.e. riker

    With regard to “Sugar isn’t all bad!”, I would recommend taking a look at the section “Sweet paradox” in “Brain Boosters” (http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/69708/title/Brain_Boosters).

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  33. wayne Avatar
    wayne

    I especially like the recommendations for healthier habits. Habits are just behaviors, and I wish I could make good behavior automatic. Now to find a habit I can try to adopt in 66 days…

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  34. wayne Avatar
    wayne

    I especially like the recommendations for healthier habits. Habits are just behaviors, and I wish I could make good behavior automatic. Now to find a habit I can try to adopt in 66 days…

    Reply
  35. wayne Avatar
    wayne

    I especially like the recommendations for healthier habits. Habits are just behaviors, and I wish I could make good behavior automatic. Now to find a habit I can try to adopt in 66 days…

    Reply
  36. wayne Avatar
    wayne

    I especially like the recommendations for healthier habits. Habits are just behaviors, and I wish I could make good behavior automatic. Now to find a habit I can try to adopt in 66 days…

    Reply
  37. wayne Avatar
    wayne

    I especially like the recommendations for healthier habits. Habits are just behaviors, and I wish I could make good behavior automatic. Now to find a habit I can try to adopt in 66 days…

    Reply
  38. wayne Avatar
    wayne

    I especially like the recommendations for healthier habits. Habits are just behaviors, and I wish I could make good behavior automatic. Now to find a habit I can try to adopt in 66 days…

    Reply
  39. wayne Avatar
    wayne

    I especially like the recommendations for healthier habits. Habits are just behaviors, and I wish I could make good behavior automatic. Now to find a habit I can try to adopt in 66 days…

    Reply
  40. wayne Avatar
    wayne

    I especially like the recommendations for healthier habits. Habits are just behaviors, and I wish I could make good behavior automatic. Now to find a habit I can try to adopt in 66 days…

    Reply
  41. Greg Ryan Avatar
    Greg Ryan

    Thanks Bob,
    Im always interested in way that i can effect my mood and interactions and I found the glucose article to be interesting.

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  42. Greg Ryan Avatar
    Greg Ryan

    Thanks Bob,
    Im always interested in way that i can effect my mood and interactions and I found the glucose article to be interesting.

    Reply
  43. Greg Ryan Avatar
    Greg Ryan

    Thanks Bob,
    Im always interested in way that i can effect my mood and interactions and I found the glucose article to be interesting.

    Reply
  44. Greg Ryan Avatar
    Greg Ryan

    Thanks Bob,
    Im always interested in way that i can effect my mood and interactions and I found the glucose article to be interesting.

    Reply
  45. Greg Ryan Avatar
    Greg Ryan

    Thanks Bob,
    Im always interested in way that i can effect my mood and interactions and I found the glucose article to be interesting.

    Reply
  46. Greg Ryan Avatar
    Greg Ryan

    Thanks Bob,
    Im always interested in way that i can effect my mood and interactions and I found the glucose article to be interesting.

    Reply
  47. Greg Ryan Avatar
    Greg Ryan

    Thanks Bob,
    Im always interested in way that i can effect my mood and interactions and I found the glucose article to be interesting.

    Reply
  48. Greg Ryan Avatar
    Greg Ryan

    Thanks Bob,
    Im always interested in way that i can effect my mood and interactions and I found the glucose article to be interesting.

    Reply
  49. Patricia Knight Avatar
    Patricia Knight

    Thanks Bob,
    This was very interesting and great research on my quest to continually be healthier in life, work, and play.
    Patricia Knight (http://patriciaknight.wordpress.com/)

    Reply
  50. Patricia Knight Avatar
    Patricia Knight

    Thanks Bob,
    This was very interesting and great research on my quest to continually be healthier in life, work, and play.
    Patricia Knight (http://patriciaknight.wordpress.com/)

    Reply
  51. Patricia Knight Avatar
    Patricia Knight

    Thanks Bob,
    This was very interesting and great research on my quest to continually be healthier in life, work, and play.
    Patricia Knight (http://patriciaknight.wordpress.com/)

    Reply
  52. Patricia Knight Avatar
    Patricia Knight

    Thanks Bob,
    This was very interesting and great research on my quest to continually be healthier in life, work, and play.
    Patricia Knight (http://patriciaknight.wordpress.com/)

    Reply
  53. Patricia Knight Avatar
    Patricia Knight

    Thanks Bob,
    This was very interesting and great research on my quest to continually be healthier in life, work, and play.
    Patricia Knight (http://patriciaknight.wordpress.com/)

    Reply
  54. Patricia Knight Avatar
    Patricia Knight

    Thanks Bob,
    This was very interesting and great research on my quest to continually be healthier in life, work, and play.
    Patricia Knight (http://patriciaknight.wordpress.com/)

    Reply
  55. Patricia Knight Avatar
    Patricia Knight

    Thanks Bob,
    This was very interesting and great research on my quest to continually be healthier in life, work, and play.
    Patricia Knight (http://patriciaknight.wordpress.com/)

    Reply
  56. Patricia Knight Avatar
    Patricia Knight

    Thanks Bob,
    This was very interesting and great research on my quest to continually be healthier in life, work, and play.
    Patricia Knight (http://patriciaknight.wordpress.com/)

    Reply

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