Why is chewing so important?

Eat slowly, and chew your food well. Until you swallow the well-chewed bite, don't take another bite! Chewing mixes the food with saliva, this is the first stage of digestion. Appropriate chewing is good for teeth, palate, tongue and chewing muscles as well.

Food should be chewed until it becomes pulpy and the taste completely spreads throughout the mouth.

Chewing normalises the amount of food consumed by a person. Eating quickly fools the body because more food gets into the stomach during a shorter amount of time. In addition, inadequately chewed food will actually increase the time needed for digestion.

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