Slow Food

A 5 min. video about "Slow Food" the explanation could not be simpler.

http://www.5min.com/Video/Learning-About-Slow-Food-93896024

To buy "Slow food plates"
(Keep your food hot while you enjoy slowly in a nice company)

http://www.amazon.com/InstaHot-minute-PLUS-Hot-Plates/dp/B001VE1YM2

"Slow food plates" are "heat retentive plates"

The emphasis in the slow food movement is to enjoy healthy food with company; in order to enjoy your company, you need a plate that keeps your food hot, that allows conversation, a heat retentive plate that is: a slow food plate.

HotSmart Plates

SPECS OF HOTSMART PLATES

HotSmart®

InstaHot™ Heat Retentive Plate

SPECIFICATIONS

Now available in Amazon.com, as a single so you can confirm our claims just type: “HotSmart”*

The first functional change to the plate in centuries

· Manufactured in fine bone china 10.5 inch diameter, 1200 Watt-minutes (You do not have to plug anything)

· Keeps dinner hot; requires just one minute preheating time in a full size (1,200 Watt) Microwave oven.

· Remains hot for half hour (Yes, still hot after 30 minutes). **

· IMPORTANT: The rim stays always cool for safe easy handling with the bare hands

· Delay action keeps the food from overcooking or overheating. The heat is released with a delay when needed, not before.

· The heat is released slowly (at a controlled rate) using the Stefan-Boltzmann law http://doiop.com/SBoltzmann

· Even though it is an all purpose plate, it is an excellent steak plate

· The most hygienic plate in history (Does not have the porous “dry foot” found in all plates that absorbs moisture and can be a breeding ground for bacteria (E. coli, salmonella, etc.) which could be transferred to the plate below when stacked.

· It may even help people lose weight by helping people to get satisfied with less food (Just type: “eating slowly” or “HotSmart” on your browser to learn about it) and more… (More for a “simple” plate??)…

· Yes, it is a WLS plate; an excellent tool for gastric bypass and Lap band surgery patients, who must eat slowly; please, see: http://www.HeatStorageDish.Com (140,000 operations performed in the USA alone each year).

· Ideal for elder people or people with disabilities who eat slowly

· For the rest of us, it will bring the luxury of eating on a hot plate at home on a daily regular basis since it is so simple to use and handle

* http://www.amazon.com/InstaHot-minute-PLUS-Hot-Plates/dp/B001VE1YM2

** Time may vary depending on the quantity and temperature of the food served (Most people eat in less than 20 minutes and the plate is designed to be still hot after 30 minutes).

This Thermogram shows how temperatures are distributed and the cool rim

(The temperature at the center can reach about 100C= 212F).

Do not overheat the plate, one minute is enough

Copyright© Juan J. Ramirez 2009

The price of NOT eating slowly

Type: "eating slowly" in any browser to learn about the advantages, then type the link below to learn about typical costs in the UK (In Lbs.) for WLS. You can also go to any WLS support group to learn more (Don't think that you just get your weight loss surgery and your problems will be over, they are just starting).

http://www.wlsgroup.co.uk/pricelist.php

Get a HotSmart plate to keep your food hot, start eating slowly NOW and drink lots of water with your food (you will feel full AND satisfied with less food). Why do you have to have surgery to feel full? I will keep researching...

HotSmart plates

PLATOS CALIENTES are HOTSMART PLATES

PLATOS CALIENTES, spanish for "hot plates" unfortunately HOT PLATES in English usually means those electric gadgets used to cook, but HOTSMART PLATES are HOT PLATES or PLATOS CALIENTES in Spanish.

They are used for eating slowly, they keep food hot. they are hi tec dishes ok?

Platos calientes

Use a HotSmart plate and drink lots of water

The HotSmart plate will keep your food hot and the water will give you a feeling of fullness.
TIP: Eat a couple of spoonfuls of your dessert first, remember when your mother used to tell you: "Do not start eating your dessert or you will not eat well"? (Eat well meant eating like a castaway, no wonder why the USA is the most obese country in the world, Mexico is second).

We are almost hardwired to eat fast; do you remember? "eat, eat or your food will get cold"

Eating slowly gets you satisfied with less food

Eating slowly translates to eating less

Study suggests eating slowly translates to eating less USA TODAY
HotSmart Plates keep your food hot while you eat slowly

Plates for eating slowly HotSmart

Eating slowly has many well documented advantages; just type "eating slowly" on your browser to learn about it; it is also so easy to understand why that works, it takes about 20 minutes for your system to produce the hormones that signal your brain that you are satisfied.

The missing link in this eating slowly business was a "plate for keeping food hot" because as you know food gets cold especially if you eat slowly. There are now on the market several brands of "heat retentive plates", or "Plates for eating slowly" they could even be called "WLS plates" since they can be a great tool for weight loss surgery patients.

More later...