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In addition to the obvious benefit of reduced esophageal stress that accompanies swallowing smaller, versus larger, pieces of food, there is another very important benefit to chewing your food well that comes with its ability to be exposed to saliva for a longer period of time.
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We all know how to chew our food well and that this simple act helps digestion. The litre or more of saliva that our mouths produce every day also aids digestion. But chewing our food well and allowing it to be coated with our mouths’ saliva can lead to digestive magic.
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Not chewing food well may be associated with one or more of the symptoms listed above. ... Food & Cooking ... Food-o-Meter...
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Chewing the food breaks the food down into smaller pieces. This makes it easier for the stomach. As someone chews food, their saliva mixes with the food. The saliva has substances (we will call them "juices") in it that break the food down so that the stomach can digest it better.
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Taking smaller bites, chewing the food well, and swallowing slowly are things you can do to better prepare the food package for the next part of its journey. Also, chewing foods slowly slows down your eating.
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Moms Pre-Chewing Food Gave HIV to Kids, Scientists Say, For the first time, health officials report that the AIDS virus can be spread by a mother pre-chewing her infant's food, a practice mainly seen in poor, developing countries. ... The mother began pre-chewing the girl's food when she was about four months old.
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A HIV-positive mother can infect her baby with the virus if she pre-chews the child's food, researchers said today ... The report raised concern the problem could be far more prevalent in the developing world where the practice of pre-chewing babies' food is common in some countries.
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How to Properly Chew Your Food. Chewing your food is the first step in the digestive process. Powerful enzymes in your saliva go to work breaking down the food as soon as it enters your mouth. Also, swallowing large bites of... ... Chew each mouthful of food thoroughly, chewing between 25 and 50 times. The number will vary...
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Mastication - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mastication or chewing is the process by which food is crushed and ground by teeth. It is the first step of digestion and it increases the surface area of foods to allow more efficient break down b...
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