Proper Digestion

Chewing your food properly is essential for adequate digestion. Meals should be eaten sitting down, in a relaxed environment to ensure that food is sufficiently chewed.

How it helps

Chewing food is more than just breaking down food to smaller parts to aid in swallowing food. Activating your saliva and stimulating digestive enzymes are fundamental steps in promoting proper digestion.

Chewing slower also helps you sense when you are actually full, as it takes about 20 minutes for your mind to sense fullness.

How Much?

How much is enough chewing for proper digestion?

According to studies food should be chewed about 32 times, foods that are harder to chew, such as steak and nuts may need up to 40 chews per mouthful. For foods that are softer such as mashed potato and watermelon you can get away with chewing just 5-10 times.

Digest this

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