How Slow-Eating is Healthier than the Fast One
My college friends used to hurry when eating in the hostel mess. They said, “Eat fast. Otherwise, we’ll miss the lecture!”

I missed the class anyway, independent of my eating speed. That’s how boring nerves college lectures have.

Ask any of my college friends the best nap they’ve ever had. They won’t say their boyfriend/girlfriend’s lap. They’ll say, “one hour of lecture in cool AC”.

I am even yawning while writing this because I have some clear ( and embarrassing ) sleeping memories from college lectures.

But my dad didn’t force me to eat fast. He suggests eating as slow as possible while enjoying the food. He also says to focus solely on the food while eating — single-tasking or mindful eating; you name it.

He still practices mindful eating nowadays. He has been going at it since I can remember.

But he eats fast. I don’t know if it has any effect on his health. But when I look at my situation, I wanted to know if 30-minute of eating time is good or bad.

Then my roommate told me that slow eating is indeed beneficial than devouring in a hustle. He even dared me to Google if he is wrong. I searched online out of ego. You can also try.

To my surprise, I did find some research studies that show slow-eating has been the cool-way since forever.

Covering all the aspects will take a long article. So here is the one where I pay attention.

Fast eating means over-eating.

Especially if you are eating in a dining-mess or someplace where there is a continuous supply of food, you will over-eat because of fast-eating.

Why am I saying over-eating? Because the brain takes some time to receive signal of fullness. And if you’re fast-eater, then by the time your mind gets the message that you’re appetite is full, you’d have already crossed the limit.

Now you already know what are the effects if you eat more than your appetite. One of them is obesity. Isn’t it enough? You want more side effects of over-eating?

So, here is a tip that works. I applied this in my job life. Currently, I am using this in my daily life also:

Take a fixed amount of food and don’t go for a second sitting.

You know your body, your appetite, and with the time, you also learn how much you can eat in one sitting. The only patience factor is to eat slowly.

I won’t tell you to do single-tasking because I’ll be a hypocrite if I don’t practice it myself.

I am practising slow-eating since I joined college. It has been working for me since then. Mindful eating is another thing, but since every food is not tasty, mindful eating is quite difficult nowadays.

So, yes, I still multitask while eating. But I make sure I am never over-eating. EAT HEALTHY. EAT SLOWLY. Time is precious, but not more than health — this goes without saying.

This blog belongs to a series of posts I am publishing on a daily streak. Target-1 was 21 days. Target-2 was 100 days. Today is day 104. Target-3 is 150. Here is the first blog that started the streak.

Thank You for reading! See you tomorrow!

~ S.
['Sanjeev Yadav']
['Health', 'Obesity', 'Hunger', 'Lifestyle', 'Food']