There is a way to lose weight with the same meal!
The secret lies in diet-induced body heat production.
DOES EATING CONSUME ENERGY?
KNOW ABOUT DIET-INDUCED BODY HEAT PRODUCTION
Of course, eating is energy intake, but on the other hand, eating also consumes energy.
What this means is that each organ in the body works to digest and absorb what you eat, but energy is consumed when the organs work.
After a meal, your body feels a little warmer because the meal consumes more energy.
Let’s write concretely.
Through the stomach and small intestine, carbohydrates are broken down into glucose, proteins into amino acids, and fats into fatty acids and glycerin.
They are absorbed into blood vessels via the villus of the small intestine, and the nutrients carried to the liver are synthesized into glycogen for glucose, protein for amino acids, and triglyceride for fatty acids.
In other words, by eating, the organs work busy, such as once decomposing food and then resynthesizing it.
This is the energy consumption induced by eating a meal.
In technical terms, it is called Diet Induced Thermogenesis (DIT), but DIT is said to account for about 10% of energy consumption.
IF THE CALORIES ARE THE SAME, ARE THEY THE SAME WAY TO GAIN WEIGHT?
As is well known, protein and carbohydrates are 4 kilocalories per gram and fats are 9 kilocalories per gram.
For example, in calorie calculation, 90 grams of protein = 90 grams of carbohydrates = 40 grams of fat = 360 kilocalories, which are all the same.
However, their effects on DIT are different, with protein intake being significantly higher in DIT (reported to be about four times higher than the other two).
Because proteins have a very complex chemical structure, each organ needs more time to work in order to break it down into amino acids and resynthesize it into the required type of protein.
In other words, even if the diet is the same in terms of calorie calculation, the DIT differs between protein-based people and carbohydrate-based people, and the former consumes more calories.
That means!
I can’t make the mysterious excuse that “I can put up with the scissors, but I’ll take a bite of the cake and the calories are the same ♥”! That is.
DIT INCREASES WHEN CHEWED AND EATEN WELL
There are experimental results that investigated the DIT when eating the same meal menu early and when chewing slowly and well.
In conclusion, the DIT when chewed slowly and well was twice as high as when eaten early.
In other words, chewing well (increasing the number of chews) consumes more energy.
It is generally said that people who eat fast are easy to gain weight, but it is also supported from the viewpoint of DIT.
Other benefits of chewing well and eating are generally as follows.
It makes it easier to get a feeling of fullness and prevents overeating.
Histamine is secreted from the hypothalamus by chewing well, and it suppresses appetite. By
eating well, it becomes easier to get satisfaction even with a light taste or a small amount.
A 2014 study by Okayama University concluded that people who “eat fast” have a 4.4-fold increased risk of obesity compared to those who “eat slowly.”
CAN YOU LOSE WEIGHT IF YOU EAT IT HAPPILY AND DELICIOUSLY?
There are even more interesting experimental results.
① Cleanly presented meal
(2) A cookie-like muddy mixture that has been mixed
In an experiment comparing the two, it seems that ① consumed 1.5 times more energy than ②.
What you put in your stomach should be the same, but it also has a strong psychological effect.
If you decorate it neatly, have fun with your friends, and eat the same food, it seems that the DIT will be higher.
Even one person seems to be better off eating while laughing at a comedy show.