New strategy for weight loss: Chew more, eat less

You think losing weight is a matter of how much you eat, and what types of foods in your diet? Think again. New nutrition research indicates the number of bites you take, when you eat, a key factor may be in weight loss - more bites better.

There's even a new device - called bite Monitor - including how and how fast you chew, as a way to help lbs, the Wall Street Journal.

The monitor is worn on the wrist like a clock, and the number of bites you in one day. Over 100 stitches per day is ideal for men and women to lose weight, at Clemson University in South Carolina, which developed the device according to researchers. Designers say bite Monitor 100 stitches per day 1,700 calories for men and 1,100 calories for women.

The concept will be tested soon in a study by the National Institutes of Health. A commercial product was already in a year and cost about $ 195.

"If you eat too fast, you probably will not chew and enjoy the food was very good and is more likely" to overeating, says Michael Jensen, an expert and endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester obesity, Minnesota.

Encourage people to eat slower, take smaller bites and chew each bite is an important element of control and weight management, experts say. They also eat leisurely benefits digestion, reduces problems such as heartburn, and allows for greater absorption of nutrients.

"There is very strong evidence that the importance of chewing," said Kathleen Melanson, director of the University Energy Balance Laboratory Rhode Iceland, looking satiety and other food issues. "Nerves that supply the muscles of the jaw to connect areas of the saturation in the brain."

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