Men\'s Health Singapore - June 2017

Men, on average, eat 923

empty calories a day, a recent US

Department of Agriculture report

revealed.Beforeyoustartsnacking,

ask yourself: “AmI hungry enough to

eat an apple?” If you are, eat an apple.

If you’re not, don’t eat anything.

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THE

APPLE

TEST

EAT FASTER,

GAIN FASTER

In a Singapore

study, people ate

six times more

quickly when their

food was the “fast”

variety (like

a smoothie) than

when it was “slow”

(as in something

that’s bitten and

chewed). What’s

more, these

fast food eaters

ingested 10 to

30 percent more

calories than

the slow-food

munchers, though

both groups tended

to feel equally full.

THE NUMBER OF EXTRA CALORIES THE

AVERAGE COFFEE DRINKER ADDS IN CREAM

AND SUGAR EACH DAY.

SOURCE: PUBLIC HEALTH

INCREASING

YOUR INSULIN

Optimal insulin

response (the main

hormone that makes

your body use sugar for

energy) is necessary

to prevent risks of

diabetes and weight

gain. To improve your

insulin response, run

at 70 percent effort

for 30 minutes,

advises a study

in Clinical

Endocrinology

& Metabolism.

PRAISE

THE SUN

Getting 30 minutes of

sunlight in the morning

signals your body to

burn fat. Sunlight

triggers production

of hormones that

regulate appetite and

blood sugar, according

to research done

by Northwestern

University, State

University of New York

and Charles Darwin

University.

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