How adorable and cool is this!
Slim & Sage is a collection of stunning plates designed with scientifically-based portion control in mind to make eating healthy feel effortless, discreet and luxurious.
Who knew that the color of their special edition BLUE plate is a natural appetite suppressant?!
These beautiful European-designed plates conceal the recommended proportions needed to build a sensible diet:
· one-quarter of the plate is for lean protein
· one-quarter for whole grains
· one-half is for vegetables.
The patent-pending 9-inch portioned plates are based upon research from: Stanford, Harvard, Mayo Clinic, and the American College of Cardiology, but most importantly, it claims to helps reduce caloric intake by up to 59%.
Slim & Sage is the result of a collaboration between European designers, leading healthcare experts, and Slim & Sage’s founder, Tatyana Beldock, a Harvard Business School graduate with extensive healthcare experience and a passion for design.
Slim & Sage pledges to donate 2% of its profits toward childhood obesity research. Slim & Sage plates are now available at www.slimandsage.com.
Sets are priced at $99 and arrive packaged in a signature orange round gift box. The plates have been rigorously tested to exceed FDA standards for safety and quality and are both microwave and dishwasher safe.
Portion Power
A key to eating less is portion control. Smaller portions contain fewer calories, and eating fewer calories is one of the better ways to get lean. Consequently a number of solutions have been devised to encourage better portion control, including restrictive diets and calorie counting. But interestingly, one of the most helpful approaches has also been one the simplest: use smaller plates.
The Dish on Plates
A study in the journal Appetite found that people clean their plates an astonishing 91% of the time, no matter how much food is offered, even if they are no longer hungry.
Why plates? Because our plates have gotten out of hand.
Plate sizes have been rising in the U.S. over the last 50 years: the average plate in the 1960’s was 9 inches. Today it is 12. (France, ever the throwback, measures in at just 10 inches.)
You may think all this expanding china has had little effect on your eating habits, but think again: a study in the journal Appetite found that people clean their plates an astonishing 91% of the time, no matter how much food is offered, even if they are no longer hungry.
The National Institutes of Health recommend replacing larger plates with smaller plates to eat less. “People eat what’s put in front of them,” they say. “Try serving food on smaller plates if you’d like to eat less.”