Your parents have probably advised you to eat your meals slowly,and chew your food well before swallowing. You always thought theysaid this out of love for you, but in reality they were just tryingto reduce the food bill! Based on your understanding of thenegative feedback mechanism, explain why this approach is better atreducing hunger (and thus reducing food intake) than gulping themeal quickly. Your aunt has told you that you should eat mealsevery 3 hours, with small protein-rich snacks in between, so thatyou are never hungry. In terms of food processing efficiency(energy gained from food divided by energy spent on digestion andabsorption) is this a good strategy? Explain, keeping in mind howquickly/slowly food is processed in GI tract.
