Slow Food or the joy of eating

Take a lunch break: slow food


The food ... a pleasure for some, a profession for others, a disease for most of us today. Not only what contains but also how we eat leaves traces on our body .

Eating is one of those things you should do at length, some even say that you should chew a bite of 30-50 times (while the average is about 10 times), and when you eat is well there are no sources of distraction around you, such as TV, computer or general rush ... we take the existence.

In other words, you should just eat when we eat.


Taking advantage of the rhythm of life, fast food industry has flourished, fast food restaurants have multiplied like mushrooms after the rain (alongside churches and casinos), but not delayed any reaction to occur: slow food movement.



Slow food - when we got tired of speed


What is slow food? Slow Food is a movement founded by Carlo Petrini in 1986 to combat fast-food, today, Slow Food is an international eco-gastronomic, which advocates for healthy eating to local culinary traditions, for educational taste and, in general, a slower pace of life (even promoting the concept of slow cities, that allow cities to "breathe" their inhabitants).



Slow Food organization has over 100,000 members worldwide and undertake activities to raise awareness regarding eating habits, meetings between producers and consumers, support organic agriculture, fight against genetically modified food and quality improvement act of eating.


In other words, slow food is a warning signal designed to stop us for a moment, in our mad race with the life, and enjoy the taste of life.


Slow food, literally: why we should eat slowly


But leaving out what does this organization, the concept of slow food should be applied literally, because eating quickly the body has many negative consequences, including:


-delayed satiety, making you eat more. The result: we gain weight without knowing why;


- forcing digestion and the occurrence of problems such as indigestion or heartburn;


-no longer absorb nutrients as they should, so that very quickly feel the need to go to the toilet;


-digestion is a "hasty" and a poor digestion leads to a weakened immune system and lower resistance to disease.


Slow food, a way of life


Whether you adopt the philosophy that we discussed above, whether we like to enjoy simply, the food and its taste, it is time to condition. After all, eating is not only a necessity but a pleasure, and pleasures to be enjoyed ... in this case, literally!



The concept of "slow food" can be applied in all areas of life because, you know, hurry hurt job!