Can You Lose Weight By Simply Chewing Food?

You can lose weight by eating chewy food. A Japanese study found women eating chewy or crunchy foods lost weight and they had slimmer waistlines than women who ate softer foods. It was not the chewing that got the results it was the fact they were eating food their bodies took longer to digest. Their bodies had to work harder to digest the chewy food, which used up calories in the process. This is not new but it is a slightly different approach. Mind you, you would still need to make sure the food was good food - not chewy toffees or candies.

Another important reason the women lost weight is because they did not want to eat as much. This type of food has more fibre, which is more satisfying because it makes you feel fuller for longer. The longer the food takes to digest the longer it takes for the body to feel hungry again. Eating this food on a regular basis avoids the sudden spike in blood sugar, which leads to wanting more food a little later.

If you want to try this, here are some of the foods regarded as chewy or crunchy:

*Meat is an obvious one. Make sure it is lean meat. Take the skin off turkey and chicken

*Fruit like apples and pineapples are crunchy and chewy. Most fruit has plenty of fibre, which you could class as chewy

*Nuts are crunchy of course but they are also very dense in calories so you would not go onto a nut diet. But a few every day is good as they contain essential fatty acids

*Bread can be chewy, but it needs to be whole grain. Breakfast cereals like muesli, oats and bran need to be chewed and can be crunchy

*Most vegetables are regarded as chewy but some are chewier than others - celery, raw carrots, cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers. Cooked pumpkins, carrots, parsnips and potatoes can be crunchy or at least chewy, if they are not overcooked

*Pasta and some noodles could come under the chewy category because we do have to chew them. How chewy it is can depend on the cook of course

We can help our bodies lose weight by eating food that takes longer to digest. This speeds up the body's metabolism, which makes it work harder, which makes it use up energy. Using energy means using calories. That's why a balanced diet should contain protein, fruit, vegetables and whole grains, as they all take longer to digest. If we stayed away from the non-chewy food, we would not eat soft food such as cake, white bread or creamy desserts.

While the Japanese study is a new slant on an old truth, it can remind us not to feed our bodies too much of the easy food to digest, because it will have the opposite effect to the chewy and crunchy foods - it will put on weight.

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