In other words, even if your diet is highly nutritious, you may be wasting a big percentage of those vitamins and minerals unless you chew your food into small enough pieces for your body to benefit. . . Then, from your mouth, food particles travel through your esophagus and to your stomach. The smaller the molecules of food, the better the digestive enzymes can further break them down and extract nutrition before the rest becomes waste and exits your body. . . When you first begin chewing your food, you’re not only breaking it down into smaller pieces you can swallow, you’re helping to release the nutrients inside — with the help of enzymes in your saliva that break down starches and fats. . . Chew your food properly” isn’t just something your mother preached. It appears to be advice that’s been passed down from one of the world’s oldest health and wellness traditions — and for good reason… . . Research shows that people who pay attention to actually chewing their food, rather than just breaking it down into bits that barely make it down the esophagus, are healthier and suffer less disease. . . And that’s because the digestion process begins in your mouth, not your stomach. If this important first step doesn’t go as it should, it’s the first kink that can lead to a world of health problems… . . Which do you prefer, chewing your food properly or being hospitalized? (at Sango Otta, Ogun, Nigeria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE00r38F3rN/?igshid=gcv2ujgy6b3u
