Eating fast linked to obesity
London: For those seeking to cut the flab,
there is a simple solution -- just eat a little slower because
"wolfing down" your food curbs the release of certain gut
hormones that make you feel full.
Researchers found that "wolfing down" your food
prevents the body from getting the memo that it's time to stop
dining and that may lead to overeating. It slows and restricts
the release of a special "full up" hormone in your stomach.
Based on a research on 17 volunteers at Laiko General
Hospital in Athens, Greece, it was found eating quickly makes
one put on weight because your stomach does not have time to
tell your brain it is full, according a study to be published
in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &
Metabolism (JCEM).
"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," said Dr
Alexander Kokkinos, the lead author of the study, to be
published in the January issue of the journal.
"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," he was
quoted as saying by the Science Daily online today.
Kokkinos said his 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".
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