Don't eat fast

Which type of person are you: eating fast or eating slowly? If you are among those who eat slowly, you should be grateful. Even if you may be the last person to finish eating a meal sometimes, research shows that the best way to eat is to slow down your food, not eat it quickly. The speed at which you eat can unconsciously affect your health. If you eat too fast, you are at risk for several disorders, either with digestion or metabolism. To find out more about the impact of eating fast, consider the following information.

The dangers of eating too quickly

It will take you about 20 minutes to finish a heavy meal, such as lunch or dinner. If you can usually finish a plate of food in 10 minutes or less, then you are eating too fast. This is the danger if you get used to eating quickly.

1. Choking

When you eat quickly, you run the risk of choking because the food has not been completely chewed. Although choking is a fairly common occurrence, it's best not to underestimate this case. When food gets stuck in your esophagus, your airway becomes obstructed and you can't breathe. If not handled properly, it can lead to death. Maybe since childhood your parents have warned you about the dangers of eating fast, so you should heed the classic advice from this one parent.

2. Digestion works too hard

Almost the same as the case of choking, if you eat quickly the food is usually not crushed until smooth in your mouth. You will also swallow food that is still hard. As a result, your intestines have to work even harder to crush and digest your food. If digestion works too hard, the intestines find it difficult to clean itself and regenerate cells that help the absorption of nutrients in the body. Therefore, it is likely that food is not digested and absorbed by the body to the maximum, leaving behind substances and toxins in your body.

3. Eat too much

Your body actually has its own system of reminding you that you have had enough to eat. The nervous system and hormones that work in your digestive tract will send signals to your brain that you are full. However, if you eat fast, the brain has not had time to receive a warning from the digestive tract that you are full. As a result, even though you have eaten enough, you are not full yet. This is what causes you to eat too much. Most eating will make your stomach feel sick or feel sick. In addition, you gain weight faster.

4. Increase calorie levels

A study published in The Journal of the American Dietetic Association found that those who eat fast tend to consume more calories than those who eat slowly. In the study, those who ate fast also reported that their levels of satisfaction were not as high as when they tried to eat slowly. So, those of you who are looking to reduce calorie levels or lose weight should start eating more slowly than usual.

Tips for avoiding eating quickly

Some people are used to eating quickly. So, changing this habit is not easy. Even if it's difficult, you still have to start training yourself to eat more slowly to avoid the various dangers of eating too fast. Follow these tips so that you can practice eating slowly with ease.

• If you normally put a large spoonful of food in your mouth, reduce the amount of food in the spoon by half.
• After you've ladled the food into your mouth, place the spoons, forks and knives back on the table. Make sure that while you chew, you are not holding the spoon to prepare the next bite.
• Chew your food until it is completely blended, usually you should chew 5 to 10 times for soft foods and 20 to 30 times for solid and hard foods.
• If you have chewed it until it is crushed, swallow the food until it runs out and do not feed the food again until the rest of the food in the mouth has been swallowed clean.
• After all the remaining food in your mouth has been swallowed, then you can prepare the next bite on your dinner spoon or fork.