The smell of weight loss?

I ran across a blurb in the latest edition of Health Magazine about a research study that showed participants experienced reduced cravings for sweets and subsequent weight loss by wearing a vanilla-scented arm patch. I looked up the study and while it was done in 2000, it does seem that perhaps there's some validity to the notion that the scent of vanilla may curb cravings for sweets. Here's another article that reported on the study. Lighting up a vanilla-scented candle or wearing a vanilla-scented spray is a pretty low cost way to potentially help you pass up that basket of leftover holiday treats. And even if it doesn't work you and your house will smell really nice.