Eating more can magically lose weight and increase memory

Many people know that eating carefully and slowly is not only good for gastrointestinal absorption, but also a good way to prevent weight gain. In fact, the benefits of chewing more when eating are far more than that. In a study, the Chewing Society of Gifu University in Japan found that after only chewing food for two minutes, the correct rate of answering questions increased by 30% than usual. This result means that two minutes of chewing improved memory.

Researchers have found that chewing stimulates the part of the brain responsible for memory. Cells in the hippocampus of the brain, the part of the brain responsible for learning, decline with age, and short-term memory declines. The action of chewing can increase the activity of cells in the hippocampus and prevent them from aging. Researchers at the University of Northumbria in the UK have also confirmed that chewing more can speed up the heart and increase hormone secretion in the brain, which in turn improves thinking ability and memory.

In addition, chewing can also promote saliva secretion, and the area of the brain responsible for saliva secretion is closely related to memory and learning. Therefore, chewing more during meals, gargling after meals, and tapping your teeth frequently can help improve brain vitality. For young children, chewing more can promote development, young and middle-aged people can help improve efficiency, and the benefit for the elderly is to prevent brain aging and dementia.

So, how many times should we chew each bite? According to experts from the Chewing Society at Gifu University in Japan, a bite of food must be chewed at least 20 times in the mouth to get the benefits of saliva. If we can reach 30 times, it will be better. However, many people have become a habit of gorging their meals, and it is difficult to change to chewing slowly at once. They either forget them unknowingly, or swallow them in less than 10 bites.

For such people, you can try to add more chewy foods to your meals. For example, when cooking, you can add corn, oats, peanuts, walnuts, sesame seeds, etc. appropriately; or when salad dishes, don't discard some chewy stems or leaves, such as shepherd's purse, celery, spinach, amaranth, etc., and you can also use chestnuts, melon seeds, etc. into the vegetables; if you like it, you may wish to put more seaweed and lotus roots, which are both chewy and chewy.

Affected by the increasing number of soft foods, modern people chew much less frequently than ancient people. Nowadays, the average number of times primary school students and college students chew rice in one bite is about 10.5 times, and there are many people who only chew it 2 or 3 times. Before World War II, the Japanese chewed every bite 30 times on average. Saito advocates chewing rice 30 times in one bite and 1500 times in one meal. The specific method is to put down the chopsticks after the food is delivered to the mouth. Chew with your right teeth 5 times, then with your left teeth 5 times, repeat again, and finally with your both teeth 10 times. This will make it easy to feel full.

Chewing diet is popular in America

American millionaire Fleur criticized him for weighing more than 90 kilograms. He sought medical treatment everywhere and failed to lose weight. He later tried to chew and lose weight. I was required to eat 30 minutes per meal and chew it 2000 times. As a result, my meal intake was reduced in half and my weight was lost by 20 kilograms in 4 months. For this reason, chewing weight loss methods are popular in the United States.

Since chewing is time-consuming to lose weight, Saito suggested that you can start by choosing one meal from three meals in the morning, lunch and evening. In order to prevent overeating, chew chewing gum for 5 to 10 minutes before meals, which can stimulate the satiety center and reduce the amount of food consumed by 20%-30% compared with usual.

Eight benefits of chewing

Saito summarized the eight advantages of chewing:

1. Prevent obesity;

2. Developed taste;

3. Make pronunciation clear;

4. Activate cerebral cortex cells and prevent Alzheimer's disease;

5. Prevent dental diseases;

6. Prevention of cancer and other diseases;

7. Reduce gastrointestinal burden and increase gastrointestinal function;

8. Improve immunity and physical strength.

Associate Professor Takeshi Kikutani of Japan Dental University pointed out that correct chewing is inseparable from the cooperation of the tongue and cheek muscles. Because only the cooperation of the tongue and cheek muscles can push the food in the mouth to the teeth. (Internship Editor: Yan Yugeng)