Chew on this: Why thorough chewing of food is better for health

You should eating mindfully and paying attention to the flavour and consistency of the food.— dpa

YOU’RE ravenous and on a quick lunch break – you’re hardly going to take the time to chew every single bite of food into a fine pulp. And yet this is precisely what health experts say all of us need to learn to do.

An awareness campaign led by dental technicians in Germany is calling on people to chew every bite of food up to 30 times, if possible – a habit that requires both mindful eating and self-discipline.