SOME TIPS FOR WEIGHT CONTROL: SLOW DOWN

Europeans eat much more slowly than most Americans. In Europe, the meal is a time to share friendship, thoughts, ideas. During a meal, the food is savored. What is the American approach to meals? I think the expression “beat the clock” sums it up pretty well. Let’s face it, we originated the concept of fast food. Anything to get that food in a hurry, eat it in a hurry, rush, rush, rush, eat, eat, eat.The European approach to eating contributes to a lower body weight. Why? The human body takes approximately twenty to thirty minutes to register that it is full. Americans eat so quickly that we are not allowing this mechanism to kick in and are subsequently consuming more calories than our bodies require. We are overriding the body’s natural satiety mechanism. We feel stuffed after we eat because we did not give our bodies the opportunity to signal us that they were full. Had we listened to our bodies, we would have felt a gradual cessation of our hunger and would have consumed considerably fewer calories. American meals don’t need to be five-course, two-hour events in order for us to lose weight. But, by slowing down at any meal, even a little bit, you can allow your body to help you with weight loss.*63/280/5*

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