It's not the slow chewing directly JJ, its the fact that it takes 20 minutes for your brain to receive the message from the stomach that it is no longer hungry. An issue we have in America is eating until we are full. Try eating to the point of satiety - which is where you no longer have the "hungry" feeling; not until your full, because if you eat until you are full/stuffed your overeating. You stomach is a muscle so it WILL stretch as most know, but it also does shrink. So yes, chew slower and if possible try to make meals last 15 to 20minutes that way you brain can receive the signal to stop eating. Just huffing down food will cause your stomach to stretch. You do not fulfill that need for hunger until the part where your esophagus connects to the stomach has pressure against it. Also the feeling of hunger may indicate you are thirsty, because the body does not differentiate between hunger and thirst it is recommended in between meals if you get hungry to drink 8oz of water and wait 10 to 15 minutes for it to get into your system. Even though it takes 70 to 90 minutes for the water to get into your cells waiting that 10 to 15 minute window can help relieve the burning desire to eat when you are just thirsty.
Leading to another thing if your planning on working out try drinking just a glass or so of water 70 to 90 minutes before working out that way your cells are hydrated. If you wait until your mouth is dry or you feel thirsty you are already dehydrated. Also unless you are exercising over 90 minutes Gatorade and all those sports drinks are not needed. They are just an extra 220 calories or whatever that isn't necessary. You do not begin to lose electrolytes until post 90 minutes, but even at that point you should be consuming 200 to 300 calories an hour to prevent your body from going into a catabolic state. Once you enter a catabolic state it no longer uses glycogen stores or carbohydrates for energy; it begins to use the protein in muscle for energy because it breaks down much easier and more efficiently then carbohydrates. Also cortisol begins to be released into your blood stream which is a fat-storing hormone. You want to stay in an Anabolic state. Most people feel it will give them "energy" but unless you are an athlete or do endurance sports water will suffice for the 60minutes at the gym. There is nothing a balanced diet can't do as opposed to drinking sport drinks.
Just some definitions for anyone who doesn't understand some of the terminology.
Catabolic State: Unfavorable state in the body created by a combination of too much training, lack of good nutrition and lack of rest that leads to muscle loss and fat accumulation.
Anabolic State: Favorable state in the body created by a combination of good training, nutrition and rest that leads to favorable changes in body composition.
Cortisol: Catabolic hormone secreted by the adrenal glands in situations of stress (both physical and mental), lack of calories/nutrients and lack of sleep. This hormone is associated with loss of muscle mass, loss of strength, and fat accumulation. An excess of it over long periods of time may also contribute to hardening of the arteries; something that leads to heart disease.
Here this is relevant to getting that 6-pack some of you crave.
http://www.undergroundbodybuildingtips.com/article_details.php?aid=9
Leading to another thing if your planning on working out try drinking just a glass or so of water 70 to 90 minutes before working out that way your cells are hydrated. If you wait until your mouth is dry or you feel thirsty you are already dehydrated. Also unless you are exercising over 90 minutes Gatorade and all those sports drinks are not needed. They are just an extra 220 calories or whatever that isn't necessary. You do not begin to lose electrolytes until post 90 minutes, but even at that point you should be consuming 200 to 300 calories an hour to prevent your body from going into a catabolic state. Once you enter a catabolic state it no longer uses glycogen stores or carbohydrates for energy; it begins to use the protein in muscle for energy because it breaks down much easier and more efficiently then carbohydrates. Also cortisol begins to be released into your blood stream which is a fat-storing hormone. You want to stay in an Anabolic state. Most people feel it will give them "energy" but unless you are an athlete or do endurance sports water will suffice for the 60minutes at the gym. There is nothing a balanced diet can't do as opposed to drinking sport drinks.
Just some definitions for anyone who doesn't understand some of the terminology.
Catabolic State: Unfavorable state in the body created by a combination of too much training, lack of good nutrition and lack of rest that leads to muscle loss and fat accumulation.
Anabolic State: Favorable state in the body created by a combination of good training, nutrition and rest that leads to favorable changes in body composition.
Cortisol: Catabolic hormone secreted by the adrenal glands in situations of stress (both physical and mental), lack of calories/nutrients and lack of sleep. This hormone is associated with loss of muscle mass, loss of strength, and fat accumulation. An excess of it over long periods of time may also contribute to hardening of the arteries; something that leads to heart disease.
Here this is relevant to getting that 6-pack some of you crave.
http://www.undergroundbodybuildingtips.com/article_details.php?aid=9
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