“How something starts, so it goes”
“Chewing the food well facilitates digestion”
“If you swallow it without chewing, you will gain weight”
“Swallowing without chewing damages the spleen, causes mental illness”
By God, none of this is my word.
None of these propositions, founded on the importance of chewing and the beginning, have been spoken in vain. While those who pass through the door of the enormous creation called the mouth determine our health, the process they go through during the transition phase becomes very important.
Why is chewing so important?
Although the first thing that comes to mind is that the food is divided into small pieces so that it is easily digested, there is a more important situation. This is nothing but saliva that is secreted from the ducts in our mouth and “provides the start of digestion”.
Wetting all parts of a highly chewed food with saliva is of great importance for the health of digestion.
Because, just like our stomach secretions, saliva also has digestive enzymes.
Since all parts of the fast and less chewed food do not come into contact with saliva, the digestion time that will pass in the stomach is prolonged. This causes the body to get tired and wear out.
In other words, “less chewing” is one of the main reasons behind problems such as gas, constipation and bloating. The complete mixing of saliva with the food we eat is the secret in the success of the “chewing” action in digestion.
This is the secret that fast food and quick snacking is so harmful. Other reasons are already well known.
