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Your eating habits affect your health and weight—them’s the facts. You could try dieting or motivating yourself to get to the gym, but the reality is we don’t always stick with these goals. So it’s important to think about the way you eat as one way to start improving your health. By making these five changes in your eating patterns, you’ll boost your well being and help kick those extra pounds to the curb.

The first step is to chew—a lot. When was the last time you actually sat down and took more than twenty minutes to finish off a meal? By eating slowly, you give your body more time to let you know it’s full. When you scarf down a burger and fries in under eight minutes, your stomach can’t keep up. And when it finally does catch up, ouch. Also, properly chewing your food helps your digestive system work more effectively.

The second step is to munch off of cool-coloured plates. Seems odd, but it works. You tend to eat more from a light and warm-coloured plate like cream, orange, or even red. But cool colours like blue, purple, or minty green kills your appetite. Seriously, next time you’re in a restaurant—note their colour choices.

Read on to get all five tips.

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