The Total Food Effect An Original View on Foods’ Placebo Effects Authors Louise Thibault Abstract Commentary. The Total Food Effect: Exploring Placebo Analogies in Diet and Food Culture. Downloads PDF Issue Vol. 1 No. 3 (2011): October 2011 - Non-Medical Placebos Section Commentary License MBR is an open access journal; authors therefore preserve the copyright of their paper but agree to publicly and freely disclose their results to any interested reader or institution.