According to a new study, gargling sugar water can boost a
person's self-control. Researchers found that swishing glucose
based drink increased attention and self-control in a test that
confuses the brain. Participants in the study were analyzed on
the basis of their abilities to do tests on self-control. The
first test involved meticulous crossing out of Es on a page from
a statistics book. This test is known to deplete a person's
self-control The other test was Stroop task (based on Stroop
Effect) where participants were asked to identify the color
flashed on the screen that spell out names of other colors. The
task requires a great deal of attention and a high level of
self-control to block out the wrong answers. 51 people
participated in the tests. Half of them were given lemonade
sweetened with sugar to rinse their mouths before the tests
while the other half got Splenda-sweetened lemonade. Study
participants who had rinsed their mouths with sugar-sweetened
lemonade did better on the Stroop test than peo