Slow down and smell the roses!
Our Bariatric docs all tell us to slow down when eating our foods! Well, Beth found out today that she needs to do just that. The Upper GI as well as the Endoscopy all came back normal. In fact, it was good that she had this done. Dr Dyer even said her pouch was not streched and in good shape. His advice...
1) Take smaller bites
2) Slow down while eating
3) No drinking during meals [ We don't do this]
So, Thanks for the thoughts and prayers through out the day!
Now, it was merely coincidental that I read this article this morning. I thought you might enjoy!
Scott 
Speedy eaters seen likelier to get fat
The findings, published in the British Medical Journal, highlight how eating styles, and not just what or how much is eaten, can contribute to an obesity epidemic fueled by the spread of Western-style affluence in many parts of the world.
The World Health Organization classifies around 400 million people as obese, 20 million of them under the age of five. The condition raises the risk of diseases like type 2 diabetes and heart problems.
For their study, Hiroyasu Iso and colleagues at Osaka University asked more 3,000 Japanese volunteers aged 30 to 69 about their eating. About half of the men and a little more than half of the women said they ate until full. About 45 percent of the men and 36 percent of the women said they ate quickly.
Those who said they ate until full and ate quickly were three times more likely to be fat than people in the "not eating until full and not eating quickly" group, the researchers found.
They cited as causes both the availability of cheap food in big portions and habits like watching television while eating.
To counteract the "supra-additive effect" of speedy or glut eating among children prone to obesity, parents should encourage them to eat slowly and in calm surroundings, the study found.
(Reporting by Michael Kahn; Editing by Dan Williams)
I am glad that everything is ok with Beth... I know I need to slow down and chew, chew chew.... I am guilty of taking too big of bites also. I try not to eat and drink but sometimes I get so thirsty that I have to have a little water. But for the most part, I stay away from the drinks so that the food can make its way through.
Please tell her I hope she gets to feeling better... her throat may hurt a few days.
