You Can Chew to Lose Weight

There Is A Right Way to Chew!

Chewing your food is the beginning of the whole digestion
process. By chewing food, your mouth produces saliva which helps
break it down. If you’re not chewing enough, then not enough
saliva is produced. This forces your stomach to work harder to
digest your food.

You don’t want your stomach to work any harder than it is
supposed to. Your stomach actually moves when it is digesting
food. The muscles twist and contract to mix your food together.
(This is why your stomach growls if it is empty, because it is
just squeezing air.) If you are swalling whole pieces, this can
actually cause your stomach to stretch by overworking it.

Chewing each mouthful of food thoroughly and eating slowly can
improve your overall health. You should chew each mouthful 50
times in 30 seconds. This will decrease the amount of intestinal
gas you have and you will find your appetite will be satisfied
quicker.

Helpful hint: Your stomach is a little bigger than a loose fist.
Your meals should be the same size. Think about when you feed a
baby. You never give them more than the size of their fist, so
why wouldn’t the same rule go for adults?

If you take smaller bites and eat slower, you will be taking in
less air. If you take in less air, you will burp less. If you
burp less, you won’t embarrass your partner in the mall, like my
husband does to me!

By changing the way you eat (literally), you will train your
body’s digestive system to be more efficient and your stomach
will let you know when you are full.

Interesting note: A study has been done to show that your body
can lose up to 11 pounds of fat each year by chewing sugar-free
gum. That’s almost a pound each month!

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