But you become engrossed in the magazine you're eating or the program you're watching on TV; and somehow all the nuts disappear - and you don't remember their taste, their texture, or even eating them at all. What happened? (Well, you know what happened - you were eating 'unconsciously').
Here's a tip to help you eat slower, more consciously.
Buy your nuts still in the shell, so that you have to shell each one individually to eat it. Peanuts can be shelled by hand, most tree nuts like almonds or walnuts will need a shelling device to crush the shell so you can extract the nut.
This will slow your consumption as eating will be so much slower. Your appetite receptors will have a chance to register that you're full. (This process takes about 20 minutes from the time you start eating). It won't be possible to eat unconsciously, as shelling each nut takes time and concentration.
It gets even better. Each nut has been 'sealed' in its own natural container, so what you're eating is fresh, unoxidised and unprocessed. No added salt either! The nut will have an incredibly rich, fresh flavour as a result. (My favourite is walnuts, which taste so creamy just out of the shell - no bitterness at all.)
This is the way our ancestors used to eat nuts, methodically crushing each one, making it almost impossible to over-eat!
(Note: Cashews require processing first to make them safe to eat, so you'll never be able to buy cashews still in the shell. Just in case you went foraging for them!)
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