Apr 24 2008
Put Down That Fork
When you eat too fast you don’t give your body a chance to know when you’re full. Eat slow, real slow. Give your taste buds a chance to taste what you’re actually eating and give your stomach a chance to know there’s food in there.
Another reason to chew slow is to give the saliva in your mouth a chance to do it’s work. Saliva’s job is to break down the food before it reaches your stomach. By letting the saliva do it’s job your body will be better able to digest the food quicker. These means more food moving through your system and less being stored for later.
This is what you need to do. Take a small bite. Now put down your fork and focus on what it is you just put in your mouth. Taste it, savor it, enjoy it. When that piece of food is totally gone, then and only then can you take another bite. Not only will you enjoy your food more, you’ll feel full faster thus needing to eat less and feeling full longer.
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