Contact us today to schedule! Online Book Appointment. Call Us 08 Welcome to the Tandara Dental Centre Magazine. So why do we have to chew our food properly? The benefits of chewing your food properly To simply put, digestion of food starts in your mouth. Better absorption of nutrients and energy from your food Food contains all types of nutrients our bodies need to grow and develop, including proteins. Better for your teeth Prolonged chewing produces more saliva, which helps remineralise teeth and restore the pH levels of your mouth after eating acids and sugars, reducing the chances of decay and you ending with fillings.
Chew with your mouth closed, with your tongue moving the food from side to side and your jaw rotating slightly. Chew slow and steadily, counting to 32 with each bite. Drinking too much fluid while eating can actually slow the digestive process by diluting enzymes in the body which break down food. This can cause digestive problems such as — Bloating Acid reflux Heartburn Nausea Headaches Indigestion Gas Healthy eating tips Avoid drinking coffee right after a meal.
This can speed up your digestion and send you to the toilet. It may also cause heartburn from the acidity. Avoid exercising vigorously after a meal. Your stomach needs as much energy as it can get when digesting well. Eat raw or lightly steamed veggies, which contain higher amounts of enzymes and fibre.
Avoid consuming sugary foods such as fruits and processed sweets after a meal as it may cause gas and bloating. Take probiotics. Plus, there's the whole mindfulness component.
Chewing your food at least 30 times literally forces you to slow down. But beyond improving digestion and being more present, chewing more could make a whole lot of sense for controlling your weight, too. According to one study , obese people tend to chew their food less than people who are leaner.
But when researchers asked both obese and lean participants to chew each bite of food 40 times, both groups ate less and helped regulate their hunger and satiety hormones. Other research has found that chewing your food until no lumps remain helps your body burn slightly more calories—about 10 more calories per calorie meal. Given the numerous potential perks, I decided I couldn't afford not to chew my food more.
Honestly, I didn't care much about the measly increased calorie burn, but I did care a whole lot about the improved digestion and mindfulness. My one big problem: How do I chew more when I have basically zero free time? When I asked Youkilis for her advice, she joked that I should "chew faster" but also said that if I could only mindfully eat for a few minutes at the beginning of my meal, that's a great place to start.
Alternatively, I could begin with a goal of 15 to 20 chews per mouthful and gradually increase over time. But, she emphasizes, "you don't need to count, just make sure the food turns to liquid before you swallow.
So that's what I did. For a week straight, I dutifully chewed and chewed and chewed until no lumps remained. Yes, it was initially a big pain in the ass—and I ended up cursing my fully loaded salads —but over time I got the hang of things.
And to be honest, it really didn't add that much time to my meals. While I did remove myself from my computer to focus more on my meals while I ate, I didn't fully give up multitasking. I decided to use this time to strategically let my mind wander—because, typically, that's when my most creative ideas pop up. During those moments I really had no time?
To be honest, sometimes I just made a smoothie. At the one-week mark, I'd mostly gotten the hang of chewing each bite of food approximately 30 times sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less , with a few slip-ups sprinkled in.
The results? Nothing crazy life-changing, but I was a bit less gassy and a bit more regular and less, well, urgent than usual. I also didn't feel the need to mindlessly munch quite as much since it was no longer a mindless activity , and my days felt surprisingly more productive when I gave my brain a bit of a break. While I'm not sure that I'll continue to chew each bite of food 30 times counting sucks the joy out of eating for me , the results were substantial enough to prove that chewing is an essential component of digestion—not just a necessary step to funnel food down the gullet.
So, yes, I plan to do my best to chew each bite of food completely. You can't quite recall why this dedicated effort at numerical chomping is supposed to be good for you.
Maybe it aids digestion or helps you feel fuller, sooner. Whatever the reason, you might as well give it a try. Maybe you'll even call Mom later and offer a long overdue "thank you" for the words of wisdom. But it wasn't your mom who came up with the idea. In fact, it wasn't anyone's mother. The credit for the "slow chew" movement goes to a Victorian-era industrialist named Horace Fletcher.
In the late s, he began spreading the word about "Fletcherism," a specific method of eating. He penned "Fletcherism: What It Is," a book outlining his theory that chewing food into teeny, tiny bits will help your body better absorb it. In addition, Fletcher postulated that if peopled chewed their food until it liquefied, they would eat less food, buy less food and save more money.
Rockefeller, tirelessly encouraged others to chew up to times per minute or until a bite of food transformed to liquid. Then, he reasoned, the chewer could either swallow the food or spit it out. Until his death in , Fletcher traveled across England, Northern Europe and the United States, teaching "the more you chew, the less you eat. This food ingestion method may have seemed like a long shot for a starving population, but recent research reveals there are real benefits to spending more time chewing your food.
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