{"id":4528,"date":"2015-02-17T09:18:26","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T09:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macrosano.com\/macrosanoim1643\/?p=4528"},"modified":"2019-07-30T10:52:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T08:52:45","slug":"healthy-digestion-1-chewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macrosano.com\/en\/healthy-digestion-1-chewing\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy digestion (1) Chewing"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you hear the word chew, you probably remember your childhood, when your mother used to tell you to chew your food thoroughly and slowly. That, of course, \u00a0if you were not late for school!<\/p>\n

Surely, you have also heard many times from your macrobiotic counsellor, or your nutritionist or cooking teacher that chewing is really important.<\/p>\n

Perhaps you have been recommended to chew 30, 50 or even 100 times every bite.<\/p>\n

And surely you know Gandhi’s phrase “Drink your food and eat your drink<\/strong>“, so, chew!. Chew your food until it is almost liquid and you can drink it and chew your drink as if it was food.<\/p>\n

And the reason for all this is that good chewing is one of the keys to good health.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The digestive process begins with chewing<\/strong>. And this is perhaps the most important piece for healthy digestion. This is why:<\/p>\n