Eat Slowly to Inhibit Appetite and Consume Less Calories

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Many nutritionists and medical experts have previously advised people not to gobble food while having a meal, but to eat it slowly, to pause between bites and chew each mouthful for more than 10 times. However, no study has confirmed until recently that slowly eating is the most appropriate way of consuming food and no report has pointed down important reasons for which people should avoid all plateful in a grasp. The first research to confirm that everyone should learn to eat slowly every meal, as this way of eating boosts satiety faster and consequently leads to a lower calorie intake, has been recently carried out by a team of researchers at the University of Rhode Island. Lead researchers of the study Kathleen Melanson, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Food Science at the University pointed out: “It started in about 1972 as a hypothesis that eating slowly would allow the body time for the development of satiety (fullness) and we would eat less. Since then we’ve heard it everywhere and it has become common knowledge. But no studies had been conducted to prove it.” Indeed, the overall results of the current study showed that an individual who eats slowly, pauses between bites and chews more times the mouthful is considerably more likely to consume a lower amount of food and less calories than a counterpart who eats very quickly. This is due to the fact that the feeling of satiety does not reach brain 'spots' which let stomach know that it is full immediately, it takes longer for fullness signals to develop. source : news.softpedia.com