Fitness expert Pamela Peeke, MD, had tried to calculate how fast people eat when given food consumption on the plane. On average, he calculates, people can spend their food in time of seven minutes for opening the menu, main, and dessert. This is not a good thing, because according to him, needed at least 20 minutes for the stomach after digesting the food and then sends the message that the stomach is full.
Those who eat slowly, or also known as mindful eating, has a body mass index (BMI) is low. Those, who carry this habit to eat only when they feel hungry and stop when you start to fill. Meanwhile, most of us, know when to feel hungry, but stop and feel the stomach is full is another story. Most of us, accustomed to eating in a hurry is important lot, although the food takes time to reach the stomach. When we eat fast, we tend to put a lot of food without thinking that the actual amount of food that’s actually been quite a bit to feel full digestion.
Residents of Japan, Okinawa area precisely, reducing calorie intake to perform the ritual meal. Before they start eating, they say “hara Hachi bu”, which translates to “eat up to 80 percent full stomach.” This would seem to be a successful recipe that Okinawa residents on average 10-40 percent of calories mengasup lower than the U.S. population.
While the study by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center found that those who regularly practice yoga have a more slender body than those who practice fitness or pedestrians. Yoga practitioners are accustomed to watching his breathing, and it turns out this also applies when they eat. They still practice breathing while eating.
Marahimin Hiang, Senior Editor at one health magazine in Indonesia, says that we must get used to eating slowly, because in addition to giving time to enjoy the taste of the tongue can exist in food, also good to give complete digestion to absorb nutrients in food .
Regarding this approach, according to Pamela, rather than concentrating on what you eat, you notice how the way you eat (chewing food and drink). When you do this, you will begin to question the quality of your food, which might culminate in the selection of food, looking for a more comfortable and healthier.
This is true, they even claim that eating slowly and concentrating on what you are eating and chewing it properly promises you a long lasting life. People also claim that eating slowly allows your digestive system to be stronger and since you eat slowly chewing and breaking down food eventually, this also speeds the process of breaking food into proteins, vitamins for storage.