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Chewing is key
Why is it key It starts the digestive process. Break food into smaller pieces that can be swallowed easily. When it reaches the stomach in a more fragmented manner, it has a large part of the work done, so it reduces the gastric phase of digestion by facilitating gastric emptying. The people who make a quick intake and with inadequate chewing are related to greater digestive discomfort as heaviness, abdominal distension, gas sensation and heavy digestion. Likewise, people who chew little and eat quickly have less satiety and eat more food. Not chewing well is not that the body works twice, but the stomach has to "work more" so it can cause discomfort during digestion. Guidelines 1 - Have an adequate oral hygiene. "The lack of dental pieces, the presence of wounds in the mucosa and / or dental caries make it difficult to chew, so that the food is fragmented insufficiently, and also increases the risk of food impaction." 2 - Eat slowly, giving enough time to chew and ingest small pieces of food so that they can be chewed easily. 3 - Avoid meals at inappropriate temperature that involve discomfort having them in the mouth for too long, inducing early swallowing. 4 - Avoid talking while eating.