Slow Down! Enjoy Your Food and Enjoy Your Life

Slow Down! Enjoy Your Food and Enjoy Your Life

How long does it take for a meal? 5 minutes, 10.20? He had learned that it takes at least 20 minutes for your brain to get the message that you are full. Many of us do not spend enough time to deal with waiting for that message. Besides avoiding overeating and eating more slowly may have other important benefits.

Slowing to a healthy digestive system

Ever Ghazi swell or after a meal or during the day? There are many reasons that may occur, many of which can be treated with the best nutrition for you. But note also eating fast can gulp air at the same time. Imagine what a lot of additional air box for your digestive system. Gas and bloating can be worth a lot of air, so simple. There is great benefit to slow your eating is to feel better when they eat a meal and the rest of the day.

Eating rapidly in the United States

A sad state of affairs - that we have to really see how quickly we can eat competition. But in reality - in the United States it reflected the speed that we eat in our awareness of hunger. An interesting study by Brian Wansink, who described in his book crazy eat - why we eat more than we think of those surveyed in Paris and Chicago to assess how they decided it was time to stop eating. What they found was the Paris stopped eating because they no longer feel hungry. In contrast, the Chicago stop eating because they had finished watching television or the empty plate. Accordingly, we do not pay attention to our level of hunger - we have external signals to determine whether we should continue to eat or not.

Slowing down to enjoy your meal

The food was delicious! At least the food is eaten. If you find the end of the meal I did not like much, then you've lost time and wonderful food that was given to you. Try this exercise tasting:

• Take a small piece of black chocolate (or something else delicious) and hold it in hand.

• Note the chocolate as you've never seen before - into account the color and shape.

• touch it, notes the texture of chocolate.

• smell, inhale deeply and really enjoy the smell.

• Now put the chocolate in your mouth and feel in the mouth without chewing. Let it slowly melt in your mouth enjoy every last bit.

Ever eat a meal like that? Perhaps time does not allow each bite to be savored at this point, but you can benefit from exercise of even a small part of the approach of mind to eat? What if you really smell your food and enjoy the aromas are complex, actually appeared in his food and beautiful colors, really tried their food and enjoyed everything before swallowing? Do you think you will enjoy your food more you think? It is more appreciative of food do you have? How can this influence your food choices and eating habits and even other areas of your life?

Slow down to enjoy life

And eating slower exercise helps the body digest food more easily, and allow greater pleasure to find the food you eat. But not only that these benefits would not, and the exercise of the mind in the food can be the beginning of the exercise of the mind than in other areas of your life. Do you take a deep breath of fresh air and the smell and really look at the trees in the wind when you are on a walk? Or do you prefer to spend this time also by phone or doing something else? Do you really listen to your children or your partner when they talk to you, or are you currently involved means? If you have children, I'm sure you can appreciate the change so fast - absorbing every moment you can enjoy your beautiful smiles and bright eyes.