Most of us have heard that it’s important to chew your food properly but are you aware why? Here are three good reasons to chew:
1. to enhance absorption. I remember learning at school that the first stage of digestion starts in the mouth. It’s important to chew your food thoroughly to start the digestive process so that you’ll absorb more nutrients from it.
2. to improve digestion by not overeating – when you chew your food well, your stomach has time to produce the hormones to let the brain know that you have had enough. In Ayurvedic Nutrition it is recommended that at least 25% of the stomach should still be empty after a meal to make sure it is properly digested.
3. to avoid gaining weight - There have been a number of studies about this last point. The most recent research carried out at Osaka University, Japan, and published in the British Medical Journal in October, indicates that men who eat quickly are 84% more likely to be overweight, and women were just over twice as likely.
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