It can be very tempting, particularly when you're dieting, to approach your next meal with gusto.But if you regularly wolf down your dinner you could be piling on the pounds, say scientists.
Researchers at Laiko General Hospital in Athens discovered that guzzling food slows down the release of the "full up" hormone in your belly.
That, in turn, means that you've eaten more food than you need before you're brain has time to tell you enough is enough.
Dr Alexander Kokkinos, the author of the research published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, said: "Most of us have heard that eating fast can lead to food overconsumption and obesity, and in fact some observational studies have supported this notion.
"Our study provides a possible explanation for the relationship between speed eating and overeating by showing that the rate at which someone eats may impact the release of gut hormones that signal the brain to stop eating."
The study involved 17 lucky volunteers who ate a test meal of ice cream at different rates.
Those who took the full 30 minutes to eat the ice cream were found to have higher concentrations of hormones PYY and GLP-1, both associated with satiety.
Dr Kokkinos said: "Our findings give some insight into an aspect of modern-day food overconsumption, namely the fact that many people, pressed by demanding working and living conditions, eat faster and in greater amounts than in the past.
"The warning we were given as children that 'wolfing down your food will make you fat' may in fact have a physiological explanation."
So take your time for lunch today guys... your figure will thank you for it.
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Thursday 05 November
By sara
But then wolfing your food down & not chewing enough (therefore swallowing larger chunks of food) means that you digest less of it before it passes through your system.
The truth is that these "scientists" are clutching at straws & actually know very little.
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