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"OK, maybe not by actual date and time&amp;amp;#8212;although there have been studies showing that Wednesdays are the best times to bargain-shop (that&amp;#x27;s when sales start!)&amp;amp;#8212;but there is an actual time that you should absolutely not go grocery shopping. And you may have heard about this before, but this new research has shown it really, truly could be true: Do not go to the supermarket when you&amp;#x27;re hungry. Here&amp;#x27;s why. In the study, hungry shoppers (who hadn&amp;#x27;t eaten all afternoon...so they were also probably grumpy! although I may be extrapolating here) bought a higher ratio of high-calorie foods to low-calorie ones in the hours leading up to dinnertime, compared with earlier in the day. In the study, the researchers asked 68 adults not to eat for the five hours before a late-afternoon appointment. And just before starting the experiment, they gave half of the subjects a plate of Wheat Thins to snack on. Then all subjects shopped in a simulated online grocery store. On average, both hungry and and nonhungry participants bought eight low-calorie food items, which included dairy products, meats, and snacks. But the hungry participants bought six higher-calorie items, compared with four purchased by people who&amp;#x27;d recently had a snack. Says endocrinologist Tony Goldstone from Imperial College London (who was not part of the study): The body is always trying to defend its state, and it makes very logical sense that if you&amp;#x27;re going for a period without food, and you&amp;#x27;re wanting food, you&amp;#x27;re more likely to go for the food that&amp;#x27;s high-calorie. If we&amp;#x27;re needing energy, we&amp;#x27;re not going to go out for lettuce. The researchers suggest that if you need to grocery-shop between meals, chew a piece of gum beforehand, or have a piece of fruit to stave off any potential cravings. What happens when you go shopping for groceries while hungry? Have you noticed that you buy different foods? More on food shopping: * 7 healthy foods to put on your grocery list * Shop online and...save cash? * Healthy options at convenience stores Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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