We Don’t Know When To Stop!
Mar 4th, 2008 by Sylvia
This article from Dr. Mercola is eye-opening. How many of us just don’t know when to stop? How many of us have lost the understanding of our internal cues? Just about everyone I know. How about you?
You can read this at his site too, you must register to read. I have been registered at his site for years. He never sends lots of emails, just the one every few days with links to articles and links to ads. You can choose which to read.
This article is located HERE
The French dine on baguettes, cheese, pate and pastries, all washed down with plenty of wine — so why don’t they seem to get fat?
This so-called “French paradox redux” that allows French people to eat all the “forbidden” foods and stay thin while Americans get fatter has been demystified by a new Cornell study.
Researchers found that while the French use internal cues — such as no longer feeling hungry — to stop eating, Americans use external cues — such as whether their plate is empty, whether their beverage has run out and whether their TV program is over.
The study, which analyzed questionnaires from 133 Parisians and 145 Chicagoans, also found that the heavier a person is, the more they rely on external cues to tell them to stop eating, and the less they rely on whether they feel full.
Over time, the researchers concluded, instead of relying on external cues, using your body’s internal cues to tell you when to stop eating may improve your eating patterns
This is actually the basic principle and concept of the Weight Down Diet, and also the method used by singer Dolly Parton to lose all her weight many years ago. Eat basically whatever, just don’t eat the whole thing! Portion control and eating only when you’re hungry and stopping when you’re full. The key problem is that most people eat for the wrong reasons, as you mentioned (external reasons), and also for head-hunger, which has nothing to do with physical hunger. Also, if you eat too quickly, you can consume more food than needed, because it takes the body 20-30 minutes to register that the food you’ve already eaten is there and that it’s no longer hungry.
Wise advice indeed.
That is a great article. It is hard to figure out your internal que, after relying on external ques for so long.
Interesting. Is this like the book French women don’t get fat (or something like that)?
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Good article! I read this in one of the comments and agree with it 100%:
I’m still astounded by the persistence of some who drink diet drinks as if they were water. I’m still trying to figure out why some folks say that water doesn’t quench their thirst like a “flavored” beverage does. I find it strange. Personally, I think that leaving all flavored beverages alone, especially soft drinks, would go a long way toward reducing the obesity epidemic in the United States.