A Japanese study found that fatter people eat faster!
Among the subjects with a BMI of over 24 and meeting the criteria for obesity, almost half said they "eat quickly", while more than half of the subjects who "didn't chew much" were overweight. If you don’t chew enough, you will gain weight easily!
Chewing has a slimming effect. It can stimulate the satiety center of the brain, making people feel full more easily. Moreover, eating slowly will make you feel less hungry, making you less likely to overeat. It’s worth noting that chewing can also help break down visceral fat! Chewing can stimulate the secretion of a large amount of histamine in the brain, which can suppress appetite and stimulate sympathetic nerve activity to burn visceral fat and increase fat metabolism.
30 bites
Food is a "foreign object" to our body, especially when we eat "large" pieces and swallow it after just a few bites. Our body will not recognize it and will regard it as a foreign object and activate the defense mechanism of attack.
So when we eat, it is best to bite 30 times in one bite, so that the food can not only be ground into fine pieces, but also fully mixed with saliva to produce chemical changes in the food. At this time, there is a component called "mucin" in our saliva that can coat the food and protect our gastrointestinal mucosa from injury. Therefore, biting slowly in small mouths can make it easier for the body to absorb effective nutrients and reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. This is why there is a saying, "Chewing carefully = absorbing nutrients."
Suppose two people eat the same food at the same time. The ingredients absorbed into the body by the person who eats quickly and the person who eats slowly are very different! It’s really just as simple as chewing slowly. Try to bite yourself up to 30 times. You will find that the food becomes more delicious, the food intake becomes smaller, and you will become thinner and thinner!
