tkingdoll
15th January 2007, 05:03 PM
These people really need to sack their PR company.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6262347.stm
From the big news article today about the appetite-suppressing chewing gum, comes this doozy of a quote from lead researcher Professor Steve Bloom:
"We hit on the idea of a chewing gum because obese people like chewing."
That's priceless.
And, as well as being funny, it strikes me as being a bit wrong. Isn't part of the problem a lack of chewing? Is my thinking outdated or is it the case that the more you chew each mouthful, the more quickly you feel full? I know it's stereotype and it may be a myth - however I have a splendid image in my head of that episode of the Simpsons (I think it's the Frank Grimes one in series 8) where it's shown that Homer never chews. I remember reading about the chewing thing in several places, often as a diet tip, so it's pretty common.
Feel free to debunk my possibly outdated logic, folks! And pass me another eclair.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6262347.stm
From the big news article today about the appetite-suppressing chewing gum, comes this doozy of a quote from lead researcher Professor Steve Bloom:
"We hit on the idea of a chewing gum because obese people like chewing."
That's priceless.
And, as well as being funny, it strikes me as being a bit wrong. Isn't part of the problem a lack of chewing? Is my thinking outdated or is it the case that the more you chew each mouthful, the more quickly you feel full? I know it's stereotype and it may be a myth - however I have a splendid image in my head of that episode of the Simpsons (I think it's the Frank Grimes one in series 8) where it's shown that Homer never chews. I remember reading about the chewing thing in several places, often as a diet tip, so it's pretty common.
Feel free to debunk my possibly outdated logic, folks! And pass me another eclair.