Been a long time since i last wrote anything here. Time constraint is perhaps the best reason for my absence here in the blog. I am back today, yeah!
Let me share with you this information. Perhaps many have already practised them. Good if you have. Otherwise, let's try this :
1. Eat well. Eat more vegetables, whole grains, fruits, nuts, yoghurt.
2. Shrink the plate. This is to trick the mind into thinking we are heaping lots of food when we are actually using smaller plates. Smaller plate limits food taken onto the plate.
3. Up the protein. Less protein meals causes us to indulge into fat and carbohydrate thus we gain weight.
4. Go slow. Chewing slowly makes gut hormone to stay longer in the gut thus giving us the feeling of fullness. In Islam, we are advised to chew our food 44x for good digestion.
5. Say NO to TV dinners. People tend to much on snacks more while watching television. So if we need to watch a movie / soap, do not stock up the pantries with snacks!
6. Think back. Remembering what we had at previous meal cause us to take less for present meal.
7. Follow the 80% rule. This comes from the Japanese who practise hara hachi bu. In Islam, we are advised to stop eating before we burp.
Being a Muslim, what i hear about the good eating practice in Islam, is further enhanced by this 7 steps which came from some researches done at some universities. The gist of the findings were compiled into a chapter of a book : As Young As You Feel published by Reader's Digest.
