Maybe you eat too fast?

Chewing for a long time with meals can help you eat less and in fact allows you to ingest on average 12% less calories during a meal. Not bad right? A little trick that can replace the tiring diets that never work, and in addition it facilitates digestion by making us forget the usual sense of heaviness after meals.

But let's see all the benefits of chewing properly.

Absorb nutrients and energy

During chewing, food is broken down into smaller particles which are more easily digestible. This also makes it easier for the intestine to absorb nutrients and energy from the food particles that pass through it, but also to avoid improperly digested foods from entering the blood causing a wide range of adverse health effects.

Maintains a healthy weight

The longer you chew, the longer it will take to finish a meal, and research shows that eating slowly can help you eat less. For example, chewing food twice as long as you would normally (which means the same very little since we quickly swallow everything) can help control portion sizes, and therefore contributes to reduced calorie consumption.

Saliva and food a perfect wedding

Saliva contains digestive enzymes and the longer you chew, the longer these enzymes have available to start breaking down food, thus making digestion easier for our stomach and small intestine. Saliva also plays the role of lubricant by facilitating the passage of food through the esophagus.

Happy digestion

The chewing process breaks down food into small pieces making them more liquid and easier to digest. Digestion is actually a very demanding task for our body, which requires a great deal of energy, especially if forced to digest improperly chewed food. Chewing properly allows the stomach to work more efficiently and digest food faster.

Gym for our teeth.

During chewing the bones that hold the teeth are "trained" and this helps to keep them strong. The saliva produced during chewing is also useful, because it helps eliminate food particles from the mouth and wash away the bacteria responsible for plaque buildup and caries formation.

Bowel in balance

The larger particles of improperly chewed food entering our stomach are not digested well. Passing into our intestines, the bacteria that make up the intestinal flora begin to break down the undigested food that begins to rot, causing bloating , gas, constipation , abdominal pain, cramps and other digestive problems.

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Mindfulness at the table

If we eat quickly and do not chew well, we cannot really taste the food and make our palate enjoy. Taking the time to chew properly forces us to slow down, to savor every bite and truly enjoy the pleasure that food has to offer. Here and now!