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Eating standing up

people who eat competitively seem to always be standing during the competition.... so i would imagine theres a little truth to it. like there is less room for expansion while sitting (???) i dont think it would make very much of a difference for regular people eating regular meals though.
 
My mom almost always ate standing up. She stood there of the sink eating between the tasks of serving the meal and cleaning.

She died.

That should end this thread.
 
Rob Lister said:
My mom almost always ate standing up. She stood there of the sink eating between the tasks of serving the meal and cleaning.

She died.

That should end this thread.
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Anybody try to help her - mine (still alive) said she preferred doing it that way. Ya just never know!
 
Huntsman said:
Well, I would have expecting to see something while in Iraq. For the first 9 months or so, we had no chow hall. After about 6 months, they brought in an MKT...can't recall waht it stands for (military kitchen trailer?), but it's a portable kitchen in a trailer. They set it up next to a tent with tables that were made for standing. So we had several hundred soldiers, eating almost every meal standing up for several months in a row. The dangers, if there at all, are vastly over rated :)
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Hummm... trying to send you a PM today... says you can't receive PMs...
 
Muppet said:
There actually is something to this although her reasons (body not thinking it's had food) are uninformed.

The reflex curve that tells you that you are full is only activated after about 15min of eating. That means that for the first 15 minutes of a meal you are eating "free" from satiety. For people who want to gain weight this is very important and its easily testable at home. Just prepare a MASSIVE meal, stuff that you can't eat in 15minutes because of time issues and see how far you can get. Then try to eat the same amount in 30minutes instead of 15...
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Very interesting Muppet - could you give me a source for this?
 
dogjones said:
Very interesting Muppet - could you give me a source for this?
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You will find the mechanism outlined in great detail in most physiology textbooks. I prefer Vander's physiology, newest edition. I hear Silverthorn is also good, but I haven't taken a good look at that one yet.
 
But I also find "experienced physiology" great, when you can "sense" the mechanism yourselfs. Thats why I still recommend the 15minutes test of extreme eating :) As well as stubbing your toe to experience how fast the fast-sharp and slow-dull pain fibers work.
 
Yeah, the whole "don't eat while standing up" is because your BRAIN won't think you've eaten. Many people tend to underestimate how much they are eating and most food eaten while standing up is little things like taking a bite of food while cooking, sneaking a few chips out of the bag while looking for something in the cupboard, scarfing down a whole pint of Ben & Jerry's Phish Food while standing next to the freezer, for example. (What? Come on, who hasn't done that?)
As Tanja said, it's about portion control. I have been reading diet books (and wading through reams of woo to find one that's got scientific merit), and this bit of advice is always put forward as a way to move toward 'mindful eating.' The more you take your time and focus on what you are eating, savouring every bite, chewing it fully, the longer you experience eating and therefore feel fuller when you are done eating your tiny, pitiful little diet portion.
In my anecdotal experience, this seems to work, but sitting in front of the TV while I eat does not. (I blame the McDonald's breakfast ads they put on the TV at night. Why must they torture me so?)
 
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The 'don't eat while standing up' thing I see as one of those old wives tales, which boils down to common sense about taking care of yourself but has no actual physical harm or repercussions in itself.

As mentioned in several posts already, the ritual of sitting down to eat can help regulate speed of consumption and portion size. However I think the main point is to take 20-30 minutes out of your busy life to relax and chew :)
 
rats said:
The 'don't eat while standing up' thing I see as one of those old wives tales, which boils down to common sense about taking care of yourself but has no actual physical harm or repercussions in itself.

As mentioned in several posts already, the ritual of sitting down to eat can help regulate speed of consumption and portion size. However I think the main point is to take 20-30 minutes out of your busy life to relax and chew :)
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Exactly - it's like "don't eat after swimming" is designed to stop children pestering parents to go back into the pool/sea, and "if the wind changes your face will stay like that" is to stop children pulling silly faces. Or masturbation=blindness etc etc.

My favourite was my Nana's - "if you pick your nose your head'll cave in!". Obviously some of these are more plausible-sounding than others... :)
 
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