> Ok, so TOM and I are chatting and we have disagreed on something and would like to know who's right.
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> We were talking about eating and stuff and TOM metioned that he tends to eat fast, which is a good way to kill your appetite. But I've always heard that you can eat more if you eat fast because it takes about 20 minutes for your stomach to realize you're full. TOM says that he seems to remember being told that eating fast sort overwhelms(?) your stomach and cuts off your appetite.
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> We tried looking up information on this, but to no avail. Can anyone offer help?

I remember hearing the thing about 20 minutes to register, before I ever came to Rinkworks, so unless you heard it from me, you now have independent corroboration on that one.

All that aside, though, I can tell you from personal experience that famous is right. The amount of food I can eat if I sit down and eat continuously is usually three to four times the amount I can eat if I have a slow meal with lots of talking or if I get interrupted (by a phone call, for example) partway through a meal. With the interrupted meals, I often go back to find that I can't even finish the portion I was working on, not to mention the extra plate of pasta and two bowls of cereal I would usually follow it up with.

Don "And I wonder why I can't seem to lose weight..." Monkey