Does Chewing Your Food More Help Digestion?
What 30 Chews Actually Do
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Yes. Chewing each mouthful 20 to 30 times breaks food into particles small enough for your gut to work with, mixes it with the digestive enzymes in saliva, and signals the stomach and pancreas to prepare. People who chew thoroughly report less bloating and reflux, absorb more nutrients from the same food, and place […]
The importance of jaw joints
Jaw joints play a crucial role when chewing. The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is located at the front of the middle ear with a pressure-bearing disc separating the jawbone (mandible) from the skull (temporal bone). The disc within the jaw joint has evolved to absorb the heavy load of chewing and doesn’t contain nerves or blood vessels. If your jaw […]
Tips for Mindful Eating
I’m sure you’ve heard of mindfulness, but what about mindful eating? So often today we inhale our food because we’re in a rush, stressed or distracted. Unfortunately with this speed means we often don’t chew our food properly and as a result struggle to get all the wonderful nutrients out of it. When we take […]
Dr Anup Desai: Sleep, Sleep Disordered Breathing and Obstructive Sleep Apnea – #1
Dr Anup Desai – MBBS (Syd) FRACP PhD Sleep Medicine (Syd) Dr Anup Desai is a Specialist Sleep and Respiratory Physician. As well as his Specialist Sleep and Respiratory Physician qualifications, he has a PhD (Syd) in Sleep Medicine. He sees all Sleep and Respiratory conditions, and has a particular interest in non-respiratory sleep disorders, […]