Contents:
- Medical Video: 8 Shocking Reasons Drinking Water While Standing Is Too Dangerous
- What might happen if you eat while standing
- You eat more
- You can't enjoy the delicacy of food
- Why should you eat in a sitting position?
Medical Video: 8 Shocking Reasons Drinking Water While Standing Is Too Dangerous
Eating while standing is not good, 'pamali', disrespectful, etc., is advice that you might often hear from your parents. But this turned out to be not just mere advice, in the medical field, eating habits should indeed not be done. Then what is the medical view of the habit of eating while standing? Does it have an adverse effect on health?
What might happen if you eat while standing
You eat more
The results of a study conducted in 2007 and published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Diabetics, showed that women who eat slowly will consume fewer total calories compared to women who eat faster and in a hurry. Meanwhile, the position of eating while standing will make you uncomfortable, relaxed, and calm when enjoying food. Especially if you are faced with a very large meal in front of you, this naturally raises your chances of 'adding to' food bigger and often than you eat while sitting.
This habit can make you not aware of what you have eaten, which you know is just food in front of too much and you have to spend it quickly. Even a research found that people who eat while sitting will eat 34% more food than people who eat while standing.
You can't enjoy the delicacy of food
One reason why eating while standing is not a good thing to do because you will not be able to enjoy the taste that is in the food you eat. Meanwhile, when you sit, you will be more able to focus and concentrate on what you eat at that time. Of course, a sense of satisfaction with food will be greater if you eat calmly and relax. High satisfaction has been proven to help a person to control his weight and prevent him from experiencing weight gain.
Why should you eat in a sitting position?
When you eat while eating, you are more likely to calm down, relax, and be able to enjoy food slowly. According to Medline Plus, when your stomach is filled with food, it takes as much as 20 minutes to send a signal of satiety to the brain. Eating slowly can speed up the taste of the signal to the brain, so you will also feel full quickly.
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism states the same thing, that people who eat while sitting will eat slowly and chew more than eat while standing. Another study conducted in 2013 involving adults in Japan, found that chewing more and eating more slowly can reduce the risk of diabetes mellitus. Therefore, if you still maintain your eating habits while standing, it is not impossible that you will experience various degenerative diseases.
