Comments on: Does Eating too Quickly Contribute to Obesity? http://blog.ultimatefatburner.com/2008/05/16/does-eating-too-quickly-contribute-to-obesity/ Dedicated to topics that fall within the general theme of UltimateFatBurner.com (i.e, exercise, body building, supplements,weight loss, diet, etc), but outside the realm of product reviews. Please review our posting protocols page before contributing. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:18:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Elissa http://blog.ultimatefatburner.com/2008/05/16/does-eating-too-quickly-contribute-to-obesity/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Elissa Thu, 22 May 2008 23:24:36 +0000 http://blog.ultimatefatburner.com/wordpress/does-eating-too-quickly-contribute-to-obesity/#comment-195 Digestion does begin in the mouth, as chewing breaks food into smaller particles, and salivary amylases start to break down starches - so more thorough chewing certainly facilitates the process. But you don't necessarily risk burdening your intestines with food that's not thoroughly chewed, as particles larger than 2 mm don't get through the pylorus easily (See: http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/stomach/motility.html for a description). Historical trivia: obsessive chewing of food was a health fad in the Victorian Era...it was known as "Fletcherizing" after Horace Fletcher, the "guru" who popularized the idea (See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Fletcher ). I suppose that would really slow eating down, but IMHO, there's an upper limit... ;) Digestion does begin in the mouth, as chewing breaks food into smaller particles, and salivary amylases start to break down starches – so more thorough chewing certainly facilitates the process. But you don’t necessarily risk burdening your intestines with food that’s not thoroughly chewed, as particles larger than 2 mm don’t get through the pylorus easily (See: http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/stomach/motility.html for a description).

Historical trivia: obsessive chewing of food was a health fad in the Victorian Era…it was known as “Fletcherizing” after Horace Fletcher, the “guru” who popularized the idea (See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Fletcher ). I suppose that would really slow eating down, but IMHO, there’s an upper limit… ;)

]]> By: Rob http://blog.ultimatefatburner.com/2008/05/16/does-eating-too-quickly-contribute-to-obesity/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Rob Thu, 22 May 2008 18:54:40 +0000 http://blog.ultimatefatburner.com/wordpress/does-eating-too-quickly-contribute-to-obesity/#comment-190 Makes sense. I for one am a fast eater, but the calories are burned up so fast just maintaining lean mass and restoring glycogen from training that they don't have much chance to store as adipose tissue anyway. Isn't there yet another advantage to chewing our food more such as improving digestion and absorbing the nutrients instead of bypassing unchewed food thorough the (yuck) intestine? Makes sense. I for one am a fast eater, but the calories are burned up so fast just maintaining lean mass and restoring glycogen from training that they don’t have much chance to store as adipose tissue anyway.

Isn’t there yet another advantage to chewing our food more such as improving digestion and absorbing the nutrients instead of bypassing unchewed food thorough the (yuck) intestine?

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