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Ron Merk
There are just over 4 million citizens of our great province of British Columbia (per 2006 numbers)
19% or 760,000 of us are not just over weight, but are considered obese - >30 BMI
An average of $1400 (US) or $1700 (CDN) additional health care dollars are spent yearly on doctors, prescriptions and other medical procedures for each person classed obese (per latest CDC numbers from the US - I actually suspect Canada spends more because we have a Health Care System that is more accessible) This does not included lost time and productivity dollars. Just in medical costs, that's a total of $1,292,000,000 for BC. Average BC Medical Costs

• Normal Weight = $3600 yearly
• Obese = $3600+$1700=$5300 yearly

Gastric/Bariatric surgery cost approximately $15,000 Read the rest>
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Experiment proves that eating slowly= eating less

Experiment: 30 women
Eating quickly 646 calories consumed
Eating slowly 579 calories consumed
646/579= 1.11 (11% more calories consumed when eating quickly); read details in link below:

http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Proof-that-Eating-Slowly-Curbs-Appetite.html

It is kind of funny, in real life If I eat quickly I usually ask for "a little bit more" and I am served 50 t0 70 % more food and at my mother's house I was served 80 to 100% more and guess what? once the food was on the plate it disappeared.

We are simply not trained to eat slowly or to leave food on the plate.
HotSmart plates for eating slowly

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

Slow Food ...A Plate for...

Click the image to see an explanatory drawing

Slow food and the slow food movement are very well documented; what was missing was a slow food plate that really keeps food hot for full enjoyment.

The rim stays cool for handling with the bare hands

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

Hotsmart patented Heat Storage Device

You can handle them safely with your bare hands

Do you know ANY OBJECT that you microwave for one minute and is STILL HOT after half hour?

HotSmart® Plates

They get very hot so you can enjoy your food slowly; ideal for banquets

Manufactured in fine bone china

So simple to use that you will be using them on a daily regular basis

Instructions for use:

1. Preheat in a full size microwave oven for just one minute
2. Handle with your bare hands by the rim –it stays cool- and serve your food hot as usual and enjoy it; it won’t get cold

http://www.heatstoragedish.com

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

HotSmart Slow Food Plates

Slow food
I will not discuss slow food here but briefly
(there is lots of info on the web and is probably as well documented as eating slowly)

Slow Food is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating. It is a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members around the world that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment. (Definition from Slow Food USA).
Most plainly stated:
The Slow Food movement was founded by Carlo Petrini in Italy to combat fast food; in other words: instead of eating junk food as fast as we can, the emphasis is on good healthy "green" food enjoyed slowly. This movement is apparently growing fast, what was missing?

A plate to keep food hot
HotSmart

HotSmart plates AFTER WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY?

HotSmart

After WLS (weight loss surgery) we have to eat slowly, that is because by means of one of several different procedures available now (Which cost thousands of dollars), the stomach capacity is drastically reduced; and we cannot over eat since the stomach gets full very fast.
WLS forces you to eat slowly, but go to any "After weight loss surgery support group" and you will find out that the experience is not very nice.

My question is: Why don't we start eating slowly now and avoid WLS?

http://www.heatstoragedish.com
HotSmart plates for eating slowly

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...