Do harder-to-chew foods make dieting easier? In a crossover trial of 50 healthy-weight adults, harder-textured lunches were eaten more slowly and cut energy intake by 26%
Oct 27
3 min read
Dieting advice tends to focus on what you eat and how much. How quickly you eat it gets far less attention, yet the speed of a meal is partly built into the food: soft, easy-to-swallow foods go down fast, firm and fibrous ones do not. If texture slows eating enough to cut intake without anyone trying, it is a lever that costs no willpower. Two controlled studies test the idea from different angles.
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