| A new study just published in a recent issue of the | | | | energy (calories) you're likely to consume. |
| journal Obesity has revealed that thin people eat very | | | | But wait, there's even more! A study from the |
| differently than heavy people at all-you-can-eat buffet | | | | University of Alabama looked at satiety (how full a |
| restaurants. | | | | food makes you feel), energy density (calories per unit |
| Researcher Brian Wansink and his team from the | | | | of volume) and eating time of various foods. To |
| Cornell University Food and Brand Laboratory | | | | maximize the effects of Time-Energy Displacement, it |
| observed diners at 11 different Chinese buffet | | | | was found even more advantageous to choose foods |
| restaurants across the United States. | | | | that FORCE you to ingest calories more slowly. |
| Their goal was to find out whether the eating | | | | This includes choosing more: |
| behaviors of people at all-you-can-eat buffets varied | | | | * Foods that have a high satiety factor such as high |
| based on their body mass. | | | | fiber and high water foods (so you feel fuller more |
| Trained observers recorded the height, weight, gender, | | | | quickly) * Foods with a high "chew factor" (so you |
| age, and behavior of 213 patrons. The various seating, | | | | can't eat them fast if you tried; you have to chew |
| serving and eating behaviors were then compared | | | | them thoroughly) * Foods with a low energy density |
| across BMI levels. | | | | such as high fiber vegetables and lean protein (so |
| The heavier (higher BMI) patrons: | | | | you'd get tired of eating before you took in a lot of |
| * ate more quickly * chewed more per bite of food * | | | | calories). |
| used forks * sat facing the food buffet | | | | These results also confirm all the studies that have |
| The thin (lower BMI) patrons: | | | | been advising us not to drink our calories. Liquid |
| * ate more slowly * chewed less food per bite * used | | | | calories, especially soft drinks and desert coffees are |
| chopsticks * sat facing away from the food buffet | | | | two of the biggest sources of excess calories in the |
| This study confirms earlier research from the | | | | typical American's diet. |
| University of Rhode Island published in the journal of | | | | The problem: calories in liquid form can have a very |
| the American Dietetic Association which found that | | | | high caloric density and can be consumed very quickly. |
| eating slowly leads to decreases in energy intake. | | | | Liquid calories also do not activate the satiety |
| Scientists even have a name for this now: | | | | mechanism in your brain and gastrointestinal tract the |
| "TIME-ENERGY DISPLACEMENT" | | | | way solid food does. |
| Time Energy Displacement means that the more time | | | | "Don't inhale your food" used to be an admonishment |
| you take to eat, the less energy (calories) you are | | | | about proper eating etiquette you heard from your |
| likely to consume. The faster you eat, the more | | | | mom. It is now scientifically-proven fat loss advice. |