Eating too fast is a serious issue and has detrimental consequences to your digestive system! When you don’t take the time to fully swallow each bite before taking the next bite, that’s when you know you may be eating to fast! If you are a fast eater, you probably aren’t even aware that you are taking 4-5 fork fulls of food in the time it takes a normal paced eater to take one.
The whole digestion process starts in your mouth in the chewing phase. It is really important to actually chew! We should be chewing at least 20-25 times per forkful.
The following digestive problems occur when we eat too fast:
Eating is supposed to be a mindful event. Fast eaters miss not only the nutrition in their food, but also the leisure of taking the time out to relax and improve their wellbeing. Perhaps not coincidentally, fast eaters are often guilty eaters, who feel that food is at fault for making them fat, and that they need to quickly sneak their meals because they are doing something wrong. Ironically, it may be the speed at which they eat it which is actually at fault!
Enjoy your food slowly and stay healthier. Here’s how:
Some Benefits of eating slower:
Eating slower is a simple, healthy habit that can be easily learned, improving health and disease prevention factors tenfold. If you are recovering from life as a fast eater or could use a little help in your digestion, Probiotics are a very valuable supplement for your digestive aid.
For those suffering the consequences of fast eating, some healing can be brought on by blending your food with a high powered blender such as the Vita-Mix. This type of blender allows you to receive ALL of the nutrients from your food whether you chew or not! due to the fact you can make a smoothie out of ALL of the parts of the vegetable. This type of blender does not separate out all the “good” stuff like a juicer does.
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Hi Jade:
Nice blog. Eating too fast is something my wife and kids constantly pester me about. I wonder if men tend to be fast eaters much more than women.
Sometimes, I feel extra bad because I can occasionally see my fast eating being unknowingly copied by my family. That’s not good. We finish in 5 or 6 minutes and boom, off to the next thing.
One thing I can see that we need to do at our house: get all laptop computers off the dinner table during a meal. If someone is doing computer work while eating, that’s an invitation to rapid eating, no doubt.
@Craig:
This post was essentially written to pester someone I know! LOL and this person is a male!
this woman eats way too fast- as do all the great aunts on my mothers side! It seems to be a female problem in our family. Good advice
Wow! Great site helping me allot on getting long lunch time and good grades lmao. lolz well ty and great job on the site
Thank you! What a great blog, I am always having my eating habbit’s put “under the microscope”. Not for bad manners, but rather just eating way to fast. I tend to have a lot of things going on at all times, and I need to complete them as fast as possible. WIth the tips you gave, I’m sure that I will be taking a more consious approach to my eating habbits. Thank you.