{"id":10163,"date":"2021-10-27T05:55:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T10:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/?p=10163"},"modified":"2021-10-25T13:46:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T18:46:08","slug":"why-do-we-like-pumpkin-spice-so-much-the-weird-science-behind-psl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wellness\/why-do-we-like-pumpkin-spice-so-much-the-weird-science-behind-psl\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do we like pumpkin spice so much? The weird science behind PSL."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the fascination with all things, pumpkin spice in Autumn?\u00a0 Lattes, candles and sprays are just a few of the mainstays. Some say it all comes down to nostalgia and a portal to happier times.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/better\/health\/why-do-we-pumpkin-spice-so-much-science-behind-psl-ncna815071\">The weird science behind why we love pumpkin spice<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>As the days start to cool and the wind stirs the leaves, nothing feels cozier than snuggling up with a blanket and a mug of hot chocolate. Wait, did we say hot chocolate? We meant to say a pumpkin spice latte (PSL), which has become the quintessential fall beverage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the fascination with all things, pumpkin spice in Autumn?\u00a0Lattes, candles and sprays are just a few of the mainstays. Some say it all comes down to nostalgia and a portal to happier times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-2000w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/newscms\/2017_43\/2205281\/171027-pumpkin-spice-mn-1600.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Why do we like pumpkin spice so much? The weird science behind PSL.","footnotes":""},"categories":[201,3],"tags":[537,539,538,535,536,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-10163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-wellness","9":"tag-aromatherapy","10":"tag-autumn_vibes","11":"tag-nostalgia","12":"tag-psl","13":"tag-pumpkin_spice","14":"tag-wellness"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10163"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10170,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10163\/revisions\/10170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}