{"id":2004,"date":"2011-11-15T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/new-study-eat-slow-youll-eat-less.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T08:47:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T12:47:45","slug":"new-study-eat-slow-youll-eat-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2004","title":{"rendered":"New Study: Eat Slow. You&#8217;ll Eat Less."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a fb:like:layout=\"button_count\" href=\"http:\/\/willclowerblog.blogspot.com\/\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/willclowerblog.blogspot.com\/\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/willclowerblog.blogspot.com\/\"><\/a> <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/HungryHungryHippos-1.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-opt-id=1071453267  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/HungryHungryHippos.jpg?resize=320%2C235&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><i><b>How many times have we said this?&nbsp;<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">The amount you&#8217;re hungry for is only PARTIALLY due to calorie-debt. It&#8217;s also about how FAST you eat it!&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Two new studies (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/18589027\">click here to see yourself<\/a>) by researchers at the University of Rhode Island found that:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">A) men eat significantly faster than women, B) heavier people eat faster than slimmer people.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">The author of the study, Kathleen Melanson,&nbsp;&nbsp;found&nbsp;\u201cvery strong gender differences\u201d in eating rates. At lunch, the men consumed about 80 calories per minute while the women consumed 52 calories per minute.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u201c<i>The men who reported eating slowly ate at about the same rate as the women who reported eating quickly<\/i>,\u201d said Melanson, director of the URI Energy Balance Laboratory.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">The second study found that &nbsp;individuals with a high BMI typically eating considerably faster than those with a low BMI.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u201c<i>One theory we are pursuing is that fast eating may be related to greater energy needs, since men and heavier people have higher energy needs<\/i>,\u201d said Melanson.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u201c<i>It takes time for your body to process fullness signals,\u201d she concluded, \u201cso slower eating may allow time for fullness to register in the brain before you\u2019ve eaten too much<\/i>.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">The latest research follows up on a landmark 2007 study conducted by Melanson that was the first to confirm the popular dietary belief that eating slowly reduces food intake. That study found that women who were told to eat quickly consumed 646 calories in nine minutes, but the same women consumed just 579 calories in 29 minutes when encouraged to pause between bites and chew each mouthful 15 to 20 times before swallowing.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/div>\n<p>   <a href=\"http:\/\/willcloweraudio.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=564305787  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Will Clower Audicles\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/WillClowerAudicles.4.gif?w=735&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border: 0;\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/willclowerrecipes.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=2051949439  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/WillClowerRecipes.5.gif\"  class=\"optimole-lazy-only \"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Will Clower Recipes\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E?w=735&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border: 0;\" \/><\/a>  For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willclower.com\/\"> Click here to visit Will Clower&#8217;s website. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many times have we said this?&nbsp; The amount you&#8217;re hungry for is only PARTIALLY due to calorie-debt. 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