We were not designed by our creator to swallow pills. Think about that. Were Adam and Eve put on this earth with a bottle of vitamin pills? Did your great grandmother take vitamin pills when she was growing up? Considering man created vitamin pills around 65 years ago, the answer is no. Digestion begins in the mouth NOT IN THE STOMACH! Chewing starts with your teeth. This breaks down the ingredients which then get coated with digestive juices, prepping them for the stomach. Chewing allows what we chew to be more quickly released and assimilated. Salivary glands in the mouth contain digestive enzymes that break down what we eat. Then your brain sends impulses through the nerves that control the salivary glands, telling your stomach to prepare for what's coming down. That means, if you are chewing bread, your brain sends signals to your stomach telling it to "Prepare for Carbohydrate digestion." DIGESTION BEGINS IN THE MOUTH.

Also... eating slowly and chewing food thoroughly sure cuts down on the risk of choking, a real scary experience.

I have read that we are suppose to chew our food between 25 and 50 times before swallowing. Of course that number varies with what you are eating. They say if you can still determine what kind of food is in your mouth by the texture alone, and not the taste, you have not chewed it enough.

Just think, you may get so tired of chewing, that you may eat less!!

I definitely don't think I chew enough before I swallow... I'll have to work on that.

I definitely "do chew enough" before I swallow!! I am always left at the dinner table at home all by my lonely self!! It always amazes me how other people can eat so fast. It is very uncomfortable for me if I go out to dinner with others. Everyone is finished, and they are all watching me still eat.

Awww, I'm sure nobody cares that you are a slow eater. They should learn to eat as slow as you, since it is supposed to be better for their health!