Eat Slower To Get Thinner

A wonderful client of mine sent this my way from RealAge and I thought you'd like to see this study about slowing down during meals - it's a great reminder for you, me and all of us looking to live the slim life.

"To avoid eating too much -- and earning a bigger pants size -- try this mealtime trick: Spend at least 30 minutes enjoying your food.

Research shows that scarfing down food as if every meal were your last actually reduces levels of key appetite-controlling hormones -- the ones that normally keep you feeling full and satisfied and tell you when to put down that fork.

Slower = Slimmer
In the study, lucky volunteers were served about 2 1/2 scoops of ice cream -- twice. On one day, they wolfed down the treat in 5 minutes flat. Then, on another day, they lingered over the bowl for a full half hour. Blood tests showed that slow eating increased levels of two appetite-lowering chemicals (peptide YY and glucagon-like peptide-1) by 25 to 30 percent. And these satisfaction hormones stayed high for the next 2 1/2 hours."

Kokkinos, A. et al., Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2010 Jan;95(1):333-337.