Drinking water before you eat a meal can help to reduce your overall calorie intake.

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Should you eat a meal every four hours or just make sure to eat several small meals throughout the day?

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If you know you're making a decision whether you go without a meal so your kids eat, if you know you have to make these types of choices, put your pride aside.

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Decrease Gastric Reflux: The slower you eat, the less likely you will suffer from gastric reflux after a meal, which is growing at an alarming rate in the United States and Europe.

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When you eat right for 6 days a week, one cheat meal on the 7th day will still allow you to reach your goals.

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Lose Weight: Satiety is only felt roughly 20 minutes after a meal, so the faster you eat, the more you eat.

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You had to be forced to sit down and eat a meal.

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Don't eat late at night as having a late night meal can make you fat.

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You're in the middle of cooking a great meal or just sitting down to eat at a restaurant or in the last five minutes of a favorite TV show when your phone rings.

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