Placebo Effects

　The placebo effect is a well-known psychological phenomenon.// A placebo is fake medicine.// Patients who are treated with a placebo/sometimes feel cured/because they believe/it is “real” medicine.// This phenomenon shows/that the mind and body are closely connected.// The placebo effect has been confirmed/in medical science/as well as in psychology.//
　In one experiment,/a researcher divided people into two groups/and asked them/to drink the same vanilla milkshakes.// At the time,/the researcher explained to one group/that the milkshakes/had an extremely high number of calories.// To the other group,/the researcher said/that the milkshakes were healthy.// As a result of this experiment,/it was found/that the former group felt less hungry/than the latter group did.// The researcher concluded/that people’s beliefs led to a change/in the reactions of their bodies.//
　The placebo effect may happen to anybody,/especially to those who tend to take things seriously.// It shows the power of the mind/over the body.//