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Shed belly fat fast with this simple five-minute trick – Daily Star

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Have you ever caught yourself mindlessly shovelling food into your mouth when youre not even hungry? If the answer is yes, this five-minute weight-loss trick could help you beat the bulge.

Mindful eating the idea of savouring and appreciating your food isnt a new thing but recent studies have shown the true benefits of the simple practice.

People who eat mindfully are able to lose weight with minimal effort, according to multiple studies. But how do you do it?

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One expert revealed her simple tried-and-tested tip to eating mindfully the sultana exercise.

Charlotte Thaarup, an Australian clinical mindfulness consultant and director of The Mindfulness Clinic, revealed the five easy steps:

1. Take a sultana and spend five minutes using your five senses with it2. Feel it in your hand3. Smell it4. Taste it, rolling it around your tongue and noticing how it feels between your teeth

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The mindfulness consultant claims the simple trick could help you refocus your mind and stop you from binging on unhealthy food.

Whether you want to lose weight, call a truce in the war with your dear body, change your relationship with food, or reduce your daily stress by making healthier choices, Charlotte told the Mail Online.

When we think of eating disorders, anorexia and bulimia immediately spring to mind.

However, eating disorder charity Beat suggest that out of all people with an eating disorder, 10% suffer from anorexia, 40% suffer from bulimia and 50% suffer from binge eating and EDNOS (eating disorders not otherwise specified).

The National Centre for Eating Disorders suggest that approximately 12 million people in the UK suffer from compulsive overeating

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Click through our gallery on the best ways to burn calories without exercising

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Chew gum - A super-easy way to burn some extra calories is popping a few pieces of gum now and then. The act of chewing keeps your jaw muscles moving, andnot only will you be burning caloriesyoull stop yourself from consuming more calories.

Here are nine other ways you can attempt to curb overeating by becoming more mindful at meal times:

1. Chew 25 times2. Feed yourself with your non-dominant hand3. Eat every thing with chopsticks for a week4. Put your fork down between each bite5. Take your first bite with your eyes closed6. Try to identify every ingredient in your meal7. Put your food on a plate8. Sit at a table9. Keep a food diary

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