TIMESINDONESIA, JAKARTA – Eating slowly is a healthy lifestyle in consuming meal. If you are having a meal in a rush hour, so you must have time to chew the food well. The people in fact don’t need to hurry up when eating. It is intended to give the brain time receiving stimulation from hormone released by the digestive system in the body.
The fact, our brain is able to receive signals from receptors through the vagus nerve that connects the intestine and brain stem. This signal is usually released when food is partially digested in the small intestine. The hormone cholecystokinin will be released by the intestine in response to food consumed during meals.
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In addition, Leptin hormone released by fat cells will strengthen the signal to increase the feeling of fullness. Quoted from Harvard Health Publishing page, Leptin interacts with dopamine neurotransmitters in the brain to produce feelings of pleasure after eating.
Therefore, you tend to be full faster when eating slowly because the brain, nervous system, and hormones can influence and stimulate each other. Those various stimulations and interactions of course require time to work.
If your body is full faster, you will automatically eat fewer calories. If you eat fewer calories, the risk of obesity will automatically decrease. In fact, you can experience a weight loss because of this habit.
Reported from Hello Sehat, eating slowly also has several other benefits as follows.
1. Making you enjoy the meal
2. Increasing the digestive health
3. Helping the body to absorb the nutrients optimally
4. Keeping the teeth’s healthy
5. Making you are relaxed and in control
To get those benefits, try to change your habit now. Feel and taste your meal by chewing it several times. Eating slowly will make your body be healthy and in control. (*)
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