Does eating slower benefit you at all health wise?

[cjchaps]

I find that I usually finish eating before my girlfriend does when we go to resteraunts. She said that eating slower is better for a few reasons like it gives your stomach enough time to know when it's full.... Does it really help you to eat slower?

 

[SpecialEd]

chewing your food completely helps with digestion (which means eat slower). If you eat too fast, your chances of getting indigestion increase. Your stomach isn't designed to take in unchewed food. Make sure its in little slimy bits before it goes down!😀

 

[Alex]

yes.

 

[Perknose]

The more you "masticate", the happier and more satisfied you'll be. 😀

And, unlike the practice of it's near homonym, you won't go blind or discover excessive hair on your palms.

 

[cipher00]

Yup, gf is right. The body will signal satiation to the brain, but it requires time to do this.

 

[SagaLore]

<< The more you "masticate", the happier and more satisfied you'll be. 😀

And, unlike the practice of it's near homonym, you won't go blind or discover excessive hair on your palms.

>>



yea instead you'll grow hair on your chest

 

[Peetoeng]

yes, especially when eating pretzel while watching a football game. Ask W.

 

[StormRider]

I'm considered a slow eater. I'm fat. I don't know if there is any correlation between the two but I hope this helps.

 

[AlwaysWong]

"Chew, chew, chew... it's the thing to do"

Trivia: What movie was that from?

 

[Yzzim]

I heard a couple years ago that it's best to not drink anything while eating. Suppose to help with digestion? I think I only heard it once and can't remember the source. Any truth to this?

kinda OT but not OT enough to start a new thread. sorry.

 

[freebee]

Who needs to chew? I consume my food rectally.

 

[Spooner]

I don't ever really worry about getting sick since I've found that beer is an unmistakenly effective cure-all

 

[imhotepmp]

no, but eating less is.


Imhotep MP

 

[Perknose]

<< Who needs to chew? I consume my food rectally. >>

So THAT explains all the shiat coming out of your mouth. 😉😀😉

 

[Maverick]

logically it seems like eating faster would mean you'd end up eating more food over the same period of time compared to a slow eater. This could be considered unhealthy if you are overweight.

 

[gotsmack]

what if you are eating is fried rice where the food is already in small bits
?

 

[454Casull]

When you eat slower you feel full faster.

 

[b0mbrman]

Might be...but I'll never know...You stay in the Army for even one week and you'll never take more than 5 minutes on a meal for the rest of your life 🙂

 

[silverpig]

Chewing food more = less possible food intake in a given time = bad
food = good
therefore gulp it down. 🙂

 

[LordMaul]

NO!

Wolf down you food, and if you do, your body will have JUST enough time to suck the vitmin's out of it and go right past the fat-snatchers to your ass. It works great!

:Q 😀

 

[Atrail]

Chewing your food throughly makes it easier for your digestive system to break the food down and deliver nutrients to the body.

 

[jpsj82]

<< I heard a couple years ago that it's best to not drink anything while eating. Suppose to help with digestion? I think I only heard it once and can't remember the source. Any truth to this?

kinda OT but not OT enough to start a new thread. sorry. >>

i so hope this isn't true. i always eat slow, but i drink a lot more at meals then a normal person (2-3 or 4 glasses of milk).

 

[VTHodge]

<< "Chew, chew, chew... it's the thing to do"

Trivia: What movie was that from? >>



The Road to Wellville

 

[Eli]

Certainly. Your saliva is an enzyme. It is required for digestion. You want to mix your food up with it as much as possible.

Not to mention chewing breaks the food into smaller and smaller bits. And, of course, you end up eating less.

Your body is constantly monitoring your blood for sugar and nutrient content. When something dips below normal, you get hungry.(Yes, I know its more complex than that, I'm just trying to make a point.)

The sad thing is.. when you're hungry, and you go to McDonalds.. you're not actually giving your body anything but raw calories, and maybe some iron. :Q

 

[skace]

Like many have mentioned, chewing your food helps because you break the food down for the digestive process.

What I havn't seen mentioned is that the act of eating is also a mental one. You know the term "mouth watering?". When you are mentally prepared to eat, you produce more saliva and whatnot. This is all part of the mind frame of the slow eater. If you eat slow you acknowledge that you are eating and your body produces more saliva and acids to help in the digestion. If you wolf your food down while watching TV, you may find that your body doesn't even acknowledge what you ate so you have to get seconds/thirds/etc.

It is also helpful to drink room temperature/warm water before/during a meal instead of ice cold water. But I think this might be a minor detail.

So, to answer your question, eating slower does benefit your health but it doesn't allow you to eat more food without gaining weight. In the grand scheme of things it is a small variable and not to be confused with an excuse or a secret technique to eating that will guarentee weightloss or perfect health.