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A new study finds that people who chew their food more take in fewer calories, which may help them control their weight, Reuters reported.

Chewing food 40 times instead of a typical 15 times caused study participants to eat nearly 12 percent fewer calories, according to results published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Jie Li and colleagues from Harbin Medical University in China did the research.

The team found more chewing was associated with lower blood levels of ghrelin, a hormone that stimulates appetite, as well as higher levels of CCK, a hormone believed to reduce appetite. （點擊路透社網站查看原文）

嚼得多 吃得少

???????據路透社報道，一項新的研究發現人們吃東西時如果咀嚼的次數多，攝入的卡路里就少，這種方法可以幫助人們控制體重。

???????一般情況下人們咀嚼食物15下之后吞咽，但同樣的食物研究對象在咀嚼了40下之后再吞咽，他們攝入的卡路里數量就減少了12%。

???????這一研究是由哈爾濱醫科大學的李杰(音)和他的同事共同完成的，研究結果發表在《美國臨床營養學雜志》上。

???????李杰的團隊發現多咀嚼會降低胃饑餓素的水平，同時還會提高膽囊收縮素的水平。胃饑餓素是一種提高食欲的激素而膽囊收縮素則可以降低食欲。

(China.org.cn August 4, 2011)