Andrew Huberman· PhD
We've perhaps heard, or I've certainly heard that, oh, you know, it takes about 20 minutes for satiety to set in, so you should eat slowly that you won't realize that you're full until about 20 minutes. That's actually not true.
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
We've perhaps heard, or I've certainly heard that, oh, you know, it takes about 20 minutes for satiety to set in, so you should eat slowly that you won't realize that you're full until about 20 minutes. That's actually not true.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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