Taking more time to enjoy your food may also help you avoid obesity. Researchers in Japan found that chewing more leads to the human body expending more energy and increasing the metabolism of food in the digestive system. The study, conducted at Weseda University, reveals that oral stimuli, which has a connection to tasting food, and the amount of time spent chewing both play a role in increasing how much energy someone uses while they eat. As a person chews their food longer, the body uses more energy. This increases metabolism and intestinal motility, which leads to more heat generation by the eater after their meal. While the difference in energy expenditure is small, the scientists say that the cumulative effect over multiple meals each day during the course of a year, is substantial. (PLUS, if you have friends like mine, it gives them more time to steal your fries, ALSO helping you avoid obesity!)
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