Fast food is the scourge of our time. Eating fast on the go is so “fashionable” that fast food restaurants have appeared for our needs, thereby fueling this unhealthy habit. After all, slow, leisurely eating can save you from many problems, including stress and excess weight.
Slow food is gradually replacing fast food – a movement designed to eat just slowly and be sure to find time for a leisurely meal in its hectic rhythm.
What are the benefits of a leisurely meal?
Digestion Improvement
Chewing food thoroughly and for a long time allows you to grind it to such a state that it will be easier for your stomach to digest it, and also enough gastric juice will have time to be released during this time. Also, already in the mouth, under the influence of saliva, the breakdown of food will begin, which means it will be easier for the stomach to cope with digestion and assimilation.
Weight Loss
By eating slowly, your brain will signal satiety in time, so the feeling of fullness in your stomach will not disturb you. The number of calories eaten will decrease and the weight will go down. Your appearance will significantly improve, your blood pressure and cholesterol levels will decrease.
Stress reduction
A slow meal disposes to endurance and perseverance, the ability to calmly respond to stress is trained, to learn to manage emotions. The nervous system calms down. The heartbeat is normalized, the signs of depression disappear. And feeling well without overeating contributes to an emotional uplift.
Pleasure
It’s nice to take a break in a series of events and devote time to yourself and taking care of your health. Slow eating contributes to this. You will finally feel the taste of each ingredient in the dish, learn to determine what tastes you like and what causes discomfort. In addition, a slow meal will allow you to eat even your favorite high-calorie dish, since you will eat very little of it.
Savor every bite, respect your body, and enjoy the break.
We will remind, earlier we told what 7 rules of nutrition should be borrowed from the inhabitants of France, and also wrote about what the term “clean food” means.
Be healthy!