Eating too fast? Make you gain weight without realizing it

"Eating too fast will make you fat" is a common proverb that has been often said since ancient times. Have you heard of it? Although it varies from person to person, our brain will send a "full" signal about 15 to 20 minutes after we start eating. Therefore, for people who eat quickly, they will finish eating before receiving this signal, so they think they should eat until their stomach is full and continue eating.

Eating while watching TV is often the reason for unconsciously speeding up eating. (Photo provided by / Beautiful Ninja)

Some young people can eat very fast and never gain weight, but once they are over 30 years old, their basal metabolism will begin to decline. If you continue to eat fast, although your upper body can maintain a beautiful figure, your lower body will start to gain weight and may slowly turn into an avocado body shape.

So in this episode, we’re going to introduce six NG behaviors that can cause you to accidentally eat too fast.

1: Use a larger spoon

People who use larger-than-average spoons to hold food should switch to using ordinary small teaspoons! As the size of each bite decreases, the time it takes to eat will also increase. Using chopsticks to eat can also reduce the amount of each bite!

2: Not using chopstick rests

Put the chopsticks back on the chopstick holder after each bite, and then take your hand out to pick up the chopsticks after every 20 bites. Spend your time biting the food!

3. Eating alone

When a person eats, does he just eat and eat silently? If this is the case, it is easy to finish a meal quickly in about 10 minutes. You should coordinate your time with each other. It will be more time-consuming if you eat and chat with friends, seniors, and juniors!

Eating with big mouthfuls and using large plates are ways to eat too fast and overeat without realizing it. (Photo provided by / Beautiful Ninja)

4: Drinking without a straw

Drinking through a straw can reduce the amount you take in with each sip. If you are someone who drinks directly from a PET bottle or cup, start using a straw from now on!

5. Eat bread

It takes more time to cut the bread into small pieces and eat it bite by bite than to eat it directly. And it can look more upscale, so let’s all take a bite of bread!

6. Work while eating

"Eating while using the computer," "Eating while watching TV," "Eating while using the phone." There must be a lot of people who eat while doing something like this! This will prevent you from concentrating on chewing while eating, and you will accidentally eat more. During meal time, you should do nothing and concentrate on eating.

How about the above information? For those who are "too busy to have time to eat slowly", please reflect on the above six NG behaviors and take the time to eat well on holidays or before and after work! Let’s work together to improve the phenomenon of feeling full earlier than usual and avoid eating too much!

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