Savour Food: Let’s take time to eat our meals
updated the 14 July 2015 à 18:31Instead of rushing through meals, slow down and chew on your food rather than gobble everything up.
Focusing on the colour, texture and smell of food rather than devouring everything is a way to regulate our appetite and satisfy our palate. It passes approximately 20 minutes after eating our starters, when our brain receives the message of satiety. Moreover, chewing food well helps to naturally meet this deadline; especially if we favour food that really works our jaws – a beefsteak or a filet mignon rather than a minced beef, raw or al dente vegetables rather than a purée. “Chewing is the first part of digestion; the more we chew, the more time and energy is spent, and the less we eat,” specifies Julie Chatté, dietician.
SAVOUR RATHER THAN GOBBLE
The sight, smell and taste are essential factors in reconciling the pleasure of savouring dishes. Thus, it is important to become immersed in the dish, with its smell and colours, rather than shoveling food into our mouth, eyes fixed on the TV or computer. We also think of breathing profoundly every time we take food off our fork: many of us eat our meals almost in a state of apnoea without even noticing!
Rica Etienne
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