Whats the Health Impact of Eating the Last Bite of Your Meal?

I once heard that the last bite is always the best part of a meal and that person was spot on because the last bite is always the best. But what’s that last bite, sip, forkful, spoonful, chopstick-ful... all worth? What price do we pay for just one last mouthful of palatable sensation? A mouthful of food or gulp of soft drink can range from 10-30 calories…after all; one lifesaver candy is worth 10 calories. So with the 3 meals and one snack we generally eat a day, we consume at least 40 “last-bite” calories with those additional mouthfuls each day. Using some easy math, it doesn’t take long to calculate that these extra bites add up to 14,600 extra calories per year…or 4.2lbs of body weight.

So the next time you look at that last bite of your favorite meal, think about the 10 extra calories you are taking in. However, for those of you still not convinced that last bite of food is a moment worth risking for a few more seconds of palatable pleasure….think about how you’ll have to perform over 29 hours of rigorous exercising to shed those extra pounds off. Buen Provecho!

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