5) Thirst Instigating Food

The very next basic instinct that kicks in after hunger is thirst. Restaurateurs are also very conscious of this fact. Restaurants serve a host of food items that will parch our throat and necessitate the ingestion of a fluid. A few of such thirst instigating food items include – pretzels, potato chips, breadsticks, Chinese food, spicy food, pop-corn, ice-cream, salted peanuts and even Colonel’s chicken. Chinese food and Colonel’s chicken trigger thirst as they contain Ajinomoto or Mono Sodium Glutamate (MSG). MSG is a salt and dries out our throat, making us thirsty. If we are thirsty, waiters can up-sell highly priced drinks to quench our thirst. So, the next time pretzels make you thirsty and you don’t want to spend a fortune quenching it, ask for water. Go for mineral water if you are loaded with money, else not.