Are you wondering why your waistline is expanding? Don't watch what you eat; watch how you eat. Accordingly to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2017, people who eat slowly are less likely to become obese or develop metabolic syndrome, a cluster of heart disease, diabetes and stroke risk factors. Metabolic syndrome occurs when someone has any of the risk factors that include abdominal obesity, high fasting blood sugar, high blood pressure, high triglycerides and/or low HDL cholesterol, said Japanese researchers.
The researchers evaluated 642 men and 441 women, average age 51.2 years, who did not have metabolic syndrome in 2008. They divided the participants into three groups depending on how they described their usual eating speed: slow, normal or fast. After five years, the researchers found that fast eaters were more likely (11.6 percent) to develop metabolic syndrome than normal eaters (6.5 percent) or slow eaters (2.3 percent). Fast eating is associated with weight gain, higher blood glucose and larger waistline. Author Takayuki Yamaji from Hiroshima University said, "When people eat fast they tend not to feel full and are more likely to overeat. Eating fast causes bigger glucose fluctuation, which can lead to insulin resistance. We also believe our research would apply to a United States population".
-Challapalli Srinivas Chakravarthy-
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