Do you chew your food thoroughly for proper digestion, or just enough to be able to swallow it?

According to most experts, you should aim to chew each bite of food around 20-30 times for proper digestion, but the exact number depends on the food's texture.

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Stuffy · 61-69, F

Would this increase the extraction of nutrients?

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Stuffy Not really, no.

That extracion of nutrients is carried out by the intestines, of food that has been dissolved and partially broken down in the stomach, though chewing and saliva do help that break-down.