Eat slowly to lose weight fast

By eating slowly, you will have full control your food intake. It takes 20 minutes from the time you begin eating o the time your brain receives the message from your stomach that food has been consumed. During those 20 minutes, if you eat quickly, it is possible to devour an abundance of food – much much more than you ever need. If you have always eaten rapidly, it will take a conscious effort to eat slowly. Here are some tips to get you started

1) Have a (non-alcoholic) drink before starting on the food; this will slow you down, and at the same time will fill you with fluid. Water – plain or sparkling – is ideal, but tea or even a cappuccino does the trick in the colder months. Take pleasure in the drink while everybody is busy with the bread basket. It will take the edge of your hunger, so you can relax and enjoy your meal.

2) Start with a course that takes time to eat. A salad containing lettuce, rocket, cucumber, capsicum, onion and carrot needs a lot of chewing. Hot soup is a good option because you cannot consume it quickly; try a chew variety such as bean or chunky vegetable. When you have finished, you will be satisfied and able to take your time with the next course – or maybe not even bother with it all.
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Cool Information About Smoking

Do you smoke? Have you ever stopped to think about how smoking is affecting your body and your life? Most teens are aware that people who have smoked for awhile can get lung cancer and emphysema and eventually die, but many don't know about all of the bad things that smoking can to them right now. If you smoke, you owe it to yourself to find out about the effects of smoking on your life now. Here, we've listed some information about what smoking is doing to your body and some of the common reasons why people keep smoking even though they know it's bad for them. These are important things to think about to help you decide if you should continue smoking.

Why is cigarette smoking bad for us?

Everyone knows that smoking can cause cancer when you get older, but did you know that it also has bad effects on your body right now? A cigarette contains about 4000 chemicals, many of which are poisonous. Some of the worst ones are:......

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