Slow eating for healthier life
- Matej Faganel
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
An Italian gastroenterologist revealed one habit that keeps your gut 7 years younger and almost no one does it. Slow eating for healthier life... it is so simple.
At a medical conference in Milan, a well-known gastroenterologist said something that surprised the audience: "The age of your gut doesn't depend on diet or supplements - it depends on speed".
His healthiest patients didn't eat cleaner food - they ate slower. "When you rush through a meal," he said, "your body doesn't realize it's alive. It digest fear, not food."
He tested the idea.
Two groups ate the same meals for three weeks - one finished in five minutes, the other in twenty. When researchers checked their microbiome, the slow eaters had more "longevity bacteria", while the fast group showed signs of gut inflammation. Nothing changed except the rythm. "Slow eating," he explained, "turns on the body's repair mode."
When you eat fast, cortisol - the stress hormone - stays high, blocking digestive enzymes.
Slow chewing lowers that alarm. It tells the brain: safe to absorb, safe to rest. The gut finally has time to do its real job - nourish, not defend. It's not mindfulness; it's biochemistry.
One patient said his bloating disappeared when he started eating in silence.
Same food, no phone, no TV. After a month, he slept better, stopped craving sugar, and felt lighter. The doctor smiled: "You just gave your body time to understand it's full." Healingdidn't start with pills - it started with pace.
The doctor ended his talk with one line everyone wrote down: "No superfood can save you if you eat like you're late."
Gut youth isn't about what you eat - it's about how. When meals become a race, the body forgets how to rest. When they become a ritual, it remembers how to heal.
So, do you eat fast or slow?
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