Become smarter, chewing well! (Benefit of chewing part 2)

I will describe two benefits of chewing following the previous posting.

( Part 1 is from here → Benefit of chewing, Part 1)

3. Development of brain

Do you believe the brain is developed by chewing?! It is true.

We need many kind of stimulation for developing the brain. The stimulation  fall into 2 major groups. One of 2 groups is the stimulation obtained from many experiences through five senses (touch, taste, smell, hearing, and eyesight). And another one is the stimulation obtained from motion, the chewing is one of the motion.

We do various motion in our life. Do you think the chewing is a little and not so important motion for stimulation to develop the brain? Hang on to your hut, it is said that the stimulation obtained from chewing is 50% of the stimulation which the brain receives from motion during a day !! The muscles related the chewing locates near the brain, so the brain receives highly-intensive and large amounts stimulates from chewing. Blood flow of the brain increase by chewing, it is a factor for development of brain. It helps to prevent someone from going senile also.

Do you know "DHA" or "EPA" which are known good constituent for the brain. These are important materials for making the cell of brain, called " synapse". The synapse needs to  connect with other synapses for signaling, and synapses aren't able to connect each other without the stimulation. If children take a supplement of DHA of EPA, it is no meaning without chewing.  Eating fish includes natural DHA with chewing well is perfect to develop the brain, isn't it ?!

My children had eaten dried small fish as afternoon snack!! 

4. Correct pronunciation 

Do you wonder that the chewing relates to correct pronunciation? Bones and muscles of around mouth are developed by chewing. The developed bone constitutes balanced framework of oral.  The balanced framework of oral has an enough space to move tongue, it is very important factor of correct pronunciation. Of course, the developed muscles are important for the correct pronunciation also. (For your information, the developed muscles are able to maintain youthful face!!)

If I start to eat with the chewing well, will my pronunciation (especially L and R!) be overcome? Hehehe. 

Benefits of chewing - Part 1 -

Have you ever been counted how many times do you chew per 1 bite?
Do you know that you can receive great benefits by chewing each mouthful a minimum of 30 times!

Chewing is very important in life because it is relating for our health deeply.

There are 8 kinds of benefits of chewing, I will describe about 2 benefits of these today.

1. Prevention of obesity
We have a satiety center that is one of the brain function. The satiety center is stimulated by chewing well and it works to prevent overeating and becoming fat body. We can feel satiety with smaller amount food by chewing well. Currently, there are a lot of kinds of fast food includes some factors of becoming fat body and it is easy to eat without chewing well. When you eat the fast food, please remember this.

2. Development of sense of taste
We can feel better true taste of food by chewing well. It helps to develop of sense of taste. As previous article （Who have many taste buds?), the foundation of sense of taste is formed until 5 years old. If you provide formula milk in place of meal to your children who want to continue playing at meal, your children will lost an opportunity to chew. Please teach your children to eat with chewing well. Your children will be able to enjoy eating verity food with a developed sense of taste!!

Today's Baon

• Fried rice ball
• Boiled vegetables and crushed Tofu, flavored with use of soy sauce, Dashi and Sake.
• Boiled Okra
• Rolled egg
• Pomelo

I forgot to take a picture of today's Baon. This picture was taken by father in law!! Thank you po papa!!

Obesity child is ill-treated child?

The title was turned into radical expression. However, I think that obesity child is ill-treated child.

I'm on leave to take care my daughter today. I reminded obesity children who living this area while watching lunch time TV show. (The famous girl on TV is one of the obesity child.)

I often see the obesity children at supermarkets near my house. Usually, their cart is full with snacks, soft drinks, can of meat, hotdog, and sweets, they are shopping while eating something!! The parents have delighted look because they can buy all food desired by their children. At restaurant, their foods are white and brown. After meal, a staff bring great amount sweets for them. At restaurant, the parents also have delighted look.

Don't the parents of obesity children know that almost obesity children will be extremely fat person in the future? 

Don't they know that obesity children has 3 times risk than normal children to be lifestyle related diseases? Even child, obesity children have a possibility to be lifestyle related diseases.

The obesity adult became fat body by responsibility of themselves. (Including me. I have to slim down seriously.)

However, children have to be controlled their diet by the parents. The parents have to teach them that should not eat by lust.

The parents give up to teach their children that should not eat by lust, the parents help their children to become obese happily, I think these are a kind of ill-treated.

The children just love the parents' smiling faces and eat well to see the parents smiling faces without knowing that they will become unhealthy in the future. It's so poor.

If you have relatives or friends like this parents, please advice them.

Well, I start to go on diet!

Today's Baon

• Lumpiang Shanghai

• Fried rice

• Boiled broccoli and yang corn, mixed with dried laver seaweed and soy sauce

• Boiled egg

• Tomato

Who have many taste buds? Adult or child?

Do you know what is the taste buds?

We sense taste by the taste buds on the surface of the tongue.

The answer of title is child!!

The peak of taste buds amount is after 3 months of giving birth and 3 months baby have the taste buds 1.3 times than adult.

It is told that there are 5 types of taste, and these are Sweet, Sour, Bitter, Salty, and Umami.

The breast milk or formula milk include 3 kinds of taste,Sweet, Salty, and Umami.

The baby love these 3 tastes instinctively.

Sweet: Energy （carbohydrate）

Umami: Protein (amino acid)

Salty: Mineral （natrium)

The baby hate sour and bitter instinctively also. It is important for the baby because it helps to avoid rotten food (sour) and poison(bitter).

The formation of sense of taste is started from baby food and the foundation of the sense of taste has been formed until 5 years old by experience.

Do you provide for your baby or children a wide variety food? The baby and children really need the experience to eat a wide variety food for the formation of sense of taste.

If you provide the food that only children's favorite, your children's sense of taste will be limited. Aren't you relying too much on the formula milk in the case of little children meal? The formula milk includes only baby's favorite taste, and the formula milk is easy to provide perfect nutrition. However, the formula milk is not able to give to children the experience of variety taste. Please provide a wide variety food for your children and please supplement a deficient nutrition of meal with formula milk.

Also the meal for 6 years old or older, please provide a wide variety foods of course. Please guide them to become habitual to eat variety food  before the foundation of sense of taste that has been formed until 5 years old is firmed up.

Don't forget that your children's sense of taste are depending on parents.

(Last time, my husband pointed out many mistakes of my English. I would like to apologize about my English. I hope that you can understand what I want to say. I wish My English will become well through this blog.)

Today's Baon

・Yaki-udon 

・Boiled green beans mixed with ground sesame and sweet soy sauce
・Boiled egg
・Tomato