You’ve spent good money on organic produce, grass-fed meats, and probiotic-rich foods. You’ve ditched the processed junk, maybe even gone gluten-free or tried the latest gut-healing diet. Yet somehow, ...

If you view chewing as just a necessary step to prevent choking, you’re doing it wrong. Chewing is crucial to healthy digestion, and research suggests that many of us, particularly young people, ...

Everything we consume impacts the body either positively or negatively. You may notice that certain foods or drinks make you feel more energized or give you the extra push you need to crush your ...

The simple act of chewing food thoroughly before swallowing represents one of the oldest nutritional recommendations across diverse cultural traditions. Modern research now suggests this ancestral ...

Chewing well helps in digestion. Chewing is also known to help prevent obesity, possibly by increasing the thermic effect of food consumption. But the factors behind this heat-generating effect of ...

We’ve all heard the myth that swallowed gum stays in your body for seven years. While that’s not true, it’s still generally not great to swallow it, since our digestive system can’t break it down. But ...

In many Indian homes, chewing a pod of cardamom after meals is more than just a mouth freshener habit. It is a tradition ...

Sara Ali Khan says she carries chewing gum to curb hunger between meals, pairing it with nuts when cravings intensify.

TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Chewing gum after heart surgery could make the recovery process easier and help patients avoid digestive issues during recovery, new research says. “Prior to our study ...

The mouth starts the digestion process by breaking food down into a more easily digestible form. It does this through a combination of mechanical and chemical digestion. After people take food in ...