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Want to lose weight? Ditch the fork! | The Chopstick Diet

To think that all this time, the solution to losing weight was "so easy." Forget exercise or diet pills, and stop using that whacky vibrating machine, the solution to everything is "simple": just eat with chopsticks.

In her latest book, The Chopstick Diet, author Kimiko Barber claims that eating with chopsticks forces you to eat slower and chew more, and therefore you won't pig out. She claims that Japanese food is always served in bite-size morsels, which cause you to slow down and therefore allow your brain time to tell you to bypass that extra piece of ham.

Hmm...chips are tiny, yes, yet nobody would argue that you eat less of them because of that! Also, if you've ever been to an all-you-can-eat dim sum or sushi joint, then you know that chopstick-users are just as ~~ruthless~~ fast and arguably even more dexterous than fork users! One need only take a look at the video of Telegraph reporter Xanthe Clay to show that you can successfully eat pizza and french fries with chopsticks (under the cut).

So what exactly is the truth here - do chopsticks help regulate your food intake, or is this just a tired play on Eastern mysticism stereotypes for a cash grab? Let's ponder this over lunch.

More:via Telegraph | The Times of India | The Huffington Post | Buy the book