Eating slowly may help the absorption of nutrients - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

Lalli · 05-24-2005, 08:42 AM

I've started eating slowly and I think it's helping me a lot. I'm still in the beginning but I just had my b-day and my family went to a buffet. I didn't quickly stuff my face, instead I ate as much food as I could but ate it slowly. Usually the next day I would see my stomach stick out and feel uncomfortable, but I didn't, and I've actually lost some weight. Has anyone else tried this? I think by eating slowly your body has more time to process the nutrients instead of having this one huge lump of food in your stomach and hal;f gets stores in your body as fat.

What do you guys think?

Jess75 · 05-24-2005, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Lalli

I've started eating slowly and I think it's helping me a lot. I'm still in the beginning but I just had my b-day and my family went to a buffet. I didn't quickly stuff my face, instead I ate as much food as I could but ate it slowly. Usually the next day I would see my stomach stick out and feel uncomfortable, but I didn't, and I've actually lost some weight. Has anyone else tried this? I think by eating slowly your body has more time to process the nutrients instead of having this one huge lump of food in your stomach and hal;f gets stores in your body as fat.

What do you guys think?

There is an article about the French pertaining to why they don't get fat and one of the reasons is because they "savor" or chew their food slowly. I think it's better for the digestive system.

Hitmen · 05-25-2005, 10:14 AM

I agree with this, we live in a country of "fast" food. Fast doesn't just stand for how quick you get it, but how quick you eat it. So many people just stuff food down their mouth that they don't take time to actually enjoy the food they are eating. If you actually slow down and eat your food, you'll actually end up eating less.

Musical_Muse · 05-25-2005, 01:59 PM

Lalli,

I absoutely agree with your thoughts about eating more slowly. I suscribe to the same theory, as I have also read it in magazines and seen evidence for it on TV. Plus, it just makes sense as your body needs time to "realize" that it's full or satiated...and I like to eat more slowly so that I can enjoy the food

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Like another poster, I also saw a documentary on TV that supports this notion, as the French do tend to be slimmer and they eat more slowly, enjoying their food.

~Colleen

Tjay718 · 05-26-2005, 02:23 PM

Can you eat unhealthy and eat slow and still be slim? or that theory just pertains to people on diets that eat healthy?