Every single person who has Instagram or Facebook can say that they follow some sort of food related account. Whether it is “NYC Foods,” “FoodPorn,” or any other food related account, those pictures of deliciously looking foods that pop up on our news food are constantly making us crave junk food more and more. Every time I open the Instagram app there is a new picture of chocolate sundae with sprinkles and melted hot fudge followed by a picture of a double bacon cheeseburger with every possibly topping and sauce ever created. Whether you’re hungry or not, seeing that automatically makes you crave it – also referred to as food cues. We never really notice it and realize how much these accounts impact the amount and choice of food. For example, my friend and I were sitting at home the other day trying to decide where we’d like to go eat. We spent about 45 sitting down on the couch scrolling through Instagram seeing if that could expedite the decision making process. However, that probably wasn’t the best idea. As soon as we came across one of these food accounts that displayed a picture of a curly fries tower with melted cheese and bacon bits on it we realized that thats what we wanted. But looking back on the situation I think to myself, is that really what we wanted, or did we just immediately crave it after seeing the picture? It’s really hard to say. Social media has such an incredible impact on the food choices we make today in positive and negative ways. When we see celebrities eat healthy and make nutritional food choices it often makes us want to do the same so we can look and feel as good as they do. However, when we see posts about stuffed nutella french toast and mac n cheese burger we are more inclined to crave that rather than a salad with celery and cucumbers.