Eating slowly loses weight because there’s time for the feeling of fullness to reach your brain, indicating that your stomach is full and time to stop eating.
In addition, the more often you chew and swallow small portions of food, the more stimulus is sent to the intestine to move, which reduces the tendency to constipation and also improves digestion.
However, there are other benefits to eating slowly. A list of the main ones is:
Weight loss occurs because, by eating slowly, the signal that sends the stomach to the brain, to indicate that it is already full, has time to arrive before ingesting 2 meal plates.
When you eat fast, it no longer happens, and as a result, you eat more food and calories until you are full.
Food chewing facilitates the digestion process because in addition to better crushing food, it also increases saliva production, which facilitates the action of stomach acid, when this occurs, food stays in the stomach for less time and it is even possible to control symptoms.acidity, gastritis or reflux.
The habit of eating fast, in addition to promoting food intake in greater quantities, also decreases the contact of food with taste buds, responsible for the perception of taste and the issuance of the message of satisfaction and satiety to the brain.
On the contrary, eating slowly makes it easier to taste food, which also reduces your dependence on artificial flavors and processed foods.
Reducing fluid intake in food can also help reduce calories ingested, especially when it comes to high-calorie beverages such as soft drinks, industrial or natural juices.
But even when it comes to water, drinking more than one cup (250 ml) can reduce the effectiveness of digestion and cause the need to feel a heavy stomach after each meal.This can cause the next meal to try to repeat that “weight.”in the stomach with more water, caloric fluids or even more food, which facilitates weight gain.
Looking at the food, smelling its aroma and taking enough time to eat reduces stress and relaxes at mealtime, allowing you to enjoy the taste of food and make food a moment of pleasure.
To be able to eat slower, try eating sitting at the table, avoiding the sofa or bed, avoiding using the TV during the meal, always using cutlery to eat instead of using your hands and eating salad as an aperitif or hot soup..
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