http://community.active.com/blogs/NancyClarkRD Hi! I specialize in nutrition for exercise, and help active people figure out how to manage food, weight, exercise, energy and enjoyment of eating. Let me know if you have any questions! Tue, 18 May 2010 18:38:33 GMT Jive SBS 4.5.5.2 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-05-18T18:38:33Z http://community.active.com/blogs/NancyClarkRD/2010/05/18/do-you-eat-too-quickly <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:664164fb-6b5d-4e06-a6be-23d64abc8f6c] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p> The best part about food is the taste. But too often, we eat too quickly to even taste our food. The vacuum-clean-your-dinner-plate style of eating can leave you hungry (even though your stomach might be full.)</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p> Try this experiment to help you fully comprehend how much pleasure is lost when you vacuum clean your dinner plate and inhale your food as quickly as possible.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Necessary supplies: two Hershey&rsquo;s Kisses</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Experiment #1. Unwrap one Hershey&rsquo;s Kiss.&#160; Smell the Kiss then place it in your mouth, twirl it on your tongue, slowly bite into it, and savor it! This pleasurable process should take more than one minute.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Experiment #2. Unwrap the second kiss. Eat it as quickly as you can. Observe the lack of pleasure when you fail to taste what you consume.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Next time, think twice before you gobble your food. You might be missing out on one of life&rsquo;s finest pleasures&mdash;tasting the wonderful foods you eat!</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>With best wishes for enjoyable meals,</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nancyclarkrd.com">Nancy</a></p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:664164fb-6b5d-4e06-a6be-23d64abc8f6c] --> chocolate eating_quickly hershey_kiss fast_eater eat_slowly Tue, 18 May 2010 18:38:33 GMT guest http://community.active.com/blogs/NancyClarkRD/2010/05/18/do-you-eat-too-quickly 2010-05-18T18:38:33Z 3 years, 1 week ago 0 http://community.active.com/blogs/NancyClarkRD/comment/do-you-eat-too-quickly http://community.active.com/blogs/NancyClarkRD/feeds/comments?blogPost=18538