title: Significant impact of pace of eating on serum ghrelin and glucose levels.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect of normal versus slow eating on serum ghrelin, glucose, insulin, and C-peptide levels in healthy subjects from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The specified breakfast meal was served on two randomized occasions to 24 healthy volunteers to eat with a normal pace or at a slow rate. Venous blood samples were collected at 7 time points for biochemical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The slow ingestion of meals resulted in a significant increase in blood glucose and ghrelin levels as compared to normal pace of eating.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Normal eating speed appears to be beneficial for maintaining the optimal blood glucose and ghrelin levels.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Biochemistry, Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Samia H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Sobki
authors.forename: Aus Al
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Zaid
authors.forename: Haseeb A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Abdullah S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Alhomida
authors.forename: Khalid Al
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Hilal
authors.forename: Shaukat A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology*; D054439:Ghrelin / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D054439:Ghrelin