Fitness expert Pamela Peeke, MD, had tried to calculate how fast people eat when given food consumption on board an aircraft. On average, he calculates, people can spend their food in time of seven minutes for opening the menu, main, and desserts. 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, having a body mass index (BMI) is low. They, who run this habit to eat only when they feel hungry and stop when you start to fill. Meanwhile, many 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 by eating rituals. 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 contain 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 in 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 concentrate on what you eat, you’ll notice how the way you eat (chewing food and drink). When you do this, you will start asking quality of your food, which could have led to the selection of food, looking for a more comfortable and healthier.