Das Schnüffeln dunkler Schokolade während des Widerstandstrainings verringerte das Hungergefühl, das Verlangen und die Absicht zu essen und sorgte bei den Trainierenden für ein Sättigungsgefühl. Darüber hinaus konnten die Teilnehmer ihre Sätze häufiger wiederholen. Während das Schnüffeln von Milchschokolade das Erlebnis noch angenehmer machte

>The participant sample consisted of 23 healthy, moderately trained men in their early to mid-20s. Divided in three groups, they were provided one of three odor samples: liquified dark chocolate containing 90% cocoa, liquified milk chocolate containing 60% cocoa, or a water sample serving as a control.
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>Participants had not eaten for at least 10 hours before performing leg extensions, a resistance training exercise that’s performed by sitting down and extending the lower legs to lift a weight upwards. Leg extension performance was assessed before and during their training. Hunger, fullness, desire to eat, and plans to eat in the near future were reported before the leg workout. During the sets only hunger and desire to eat were measured, each after 30 seconds of exposure to a scent sample.
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>These measurements showed that both chocolate types had clear but different effects on appetite related measures. Relative to the water control and milk chocolate samples, sniffing dark chocolate consistently led to participants reporting less hunger, reduced desire and intention to eat, and greater fullness before exercise. This smell predominantly suppressed appetite by reducing hunger and increasing fullness. In contrast, those smelling the milk chocolate sample reported higher odor pleasantness compared to dark chocolate and water samples, but no changes in hunger or appetite.
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>**Smelling chocolate samples affected not only appetite-related measures, but also performance.**
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>“Sniffing a 90% dark chocolate odor added about 18 more repetitions to participants’ leg extensions, while a 60% milk chocolate odor added about nine repetitions compared to the water control,” said Nashrudin Naharudin.
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[Frontiers | Chocolate odor enhances resistance exercise performance through appetite suppression in the fasted state: an exploratory study](https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2026.1834757/full)

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Feeling fuller without a meal?

Well, okay.

If I sniff it; I eat it.

NGL… I’d be gone. Solid gone.

Did they try with a random non pleasant odor, like cadaverine for instance? Pure cocoa is pretty bitter and may not trigger appetite. Maybe coffee? For me though, roasted coffee (prior to brewing) makes me wanna eat it.

Move over smelling salts

What if you, and hear me out, sniffed both?

I saw the headline and immediately glanced down at the sub to see if it was r/poisonai

I too want my gym smell like chocolate.

Now im going to see my personal trainer dangle one of those Ghirardelli chocolates in front of me while I deadlift like a dang carrot

Anyone who has been to SERE read this title much differently and was probably very confused until they saw the picture

I too enjoy smelling things that aren’t funky gym smells…