A healthy diet requires several aspects: the food we eat, how we prepare it and even the way we eat it, which is why the time we invest in preparing meals is so important.
The culture of haste has led us to minimize the importance of the time we take to consume our food, even to prepare it quickly and save a few minutes on the clock.
However, this way of relating to food can cause us health problems such as excess gas, digestive problems, and our brain not processing the information that we are eating and the signal to stop arrives, reports The Convertation.
In a very common way to have a quick breakfast, we quickly eat a cookie or a sandwich on the way to work, without considering the repercussions that this brings to our health.
The habit of eating fast brings health consequences such as excessive gas, which is only the beginning of the chain of problems as a result of excessive swallowing of air during and between meals, this is called aerophagia.
Aerophagia can cause an objective and visible increase in abdominal diameter after eating food, as well as other symptoms ranging from mild discomfort and a feeling of heaviness.
There are several reasons why there is an increase in both air intake and gas production: eating fast, chewing gum, smoking or alterations in the microbiota.
By eating fast we are creating a digestive overexertion, since the chewing time decreases and we do not crush the food enough before it reaches the stomach.
When food reaches the stomach, practically whole, a greater production of gastric juices is required to be able to digest them properly, generating a greater metabolic effort and problems with digestion.
The correct chewing of food contributes to the effective action of oral enzymes, which allow the absorption of food in the small intestine. When we eat fast, food could reach the intestine without being sufficiently digested.
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There is a relationship between hunger and satiety that is activated when we take the time to eat and chew food. This seemingly simple action allows the brain to process the information that we are eating thanks to two hormones, leptin and ghrelin, which regulate satiety and hunger, respectively.
In the case of leptin, it takes between 20 and 30 minutes to activate, that is, when we eat very fast, that we do not give it time to let us know that we are already satiated and we ingest amounts that exceed our real energy needs.
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