The speed of eating affects your health and this effect can be more important than just the type of food. Metabolic health expert and nutritionist Dr. Casey Means told in a podcast that eating slowly is not only beneficial for your health, but it can help prevent many serious health problems compared to eating fast.
Dr. Means told that research has clearly found that people who eat the slowest are four times less likely to develop metabolic syndrome, compared to those who eat the fastest. This means that this difference is not only on what you are eating, but also on how you are eating. He also said that this should be a very empowering thing, because even if you do not want to change your diet, then at least change the speed of eating. This will have a profound effect on your metabolic health.
Eating slowly can help lose weight
A study published in BMJ Open in 2018 also showed that eating slowly can reduce the risk of obesity and also reduce waist size. This study suggested that in addition to eating slowly, skipping post-dinner snacks and not eating within 2 hours before bedtime can help in weight loss.
Data of 60 thousand people was analyzed
The study analyzed health insurance data of 60,000 people in Japan, which found that changes in eating habits can affect obesity, body mass index (BMI) and waist size. Researchers believe that eating fast can impair glucose tolerance and cause insulin resistance, while eating slowly makes a person feel full sooner, which reduces calorie intake.
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