They’ll Help You Eat More Slowly

An important piece of weight reduction advice that is sometimes ignored is to take your time and eat slowly. Scientists found that those who ate slowly had much less body fat than people who ate fast. In fact, they found that slow eaters had a 42% lower risk of becoming obese than fast eaters.

Eating more slowly offers your brain more time to absorb your intake of food and identify when it is full. Since real foods often have a firmer, more fibrous texture that requires more chewing, they can aid in slowing down your eating. This simple move can help you lose weight by making you feel full with a lower amount of food. In one research involving 30 men, it was shown that those who chewed each meal 40 times consumed roughly 12% less food than those who just chewed 15 times.