....you have 10,000 taste buds and they are not only on your tongue, they are also on your soft palate, your pharynx & larynx? Which means that you are not only tasting food as you chew it but also as you swallow it.
...the chemicals (both natural and engineered - which we want to stay away from) in food need to disolve in your saliva before they can bind to your taste receptors...allowing you to TASTE what you are eating? Which means the old wives tale of chewing thirty times before you swallow, actually holds water. Another reason it is good to go slow is that some taste receptors detect substances in 3-5 seconds while others detect substance anwhere from 1-5 minutes. Eating slowly really does have it's benefits.
...if you can tell what kind of food is in your mouth by its texture, that means you haven't chewed it enough?
...digestion begins in the mouth? Not only does saliva break down food while you are chewing but chewing also signals messages to the the gastrointestinal tract that triggers the digestion process. Want more info:
http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=george&dbid=36
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...lack of sleep affects your body' s abilility to feel full/satisfied with food? Leptin (sends messages of fullness) and grelin (sends messages of hunger) are hormones that compliment each other to tell your body that you are hungry or satisfied. Lack of sleep drives leptin levels down and elevates your grelin levels...causing you continue feeling hungry..never satisfied with the following day's meals/snacks. Want more details? http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/guide/lose-weight-while-sleeping Get some sleep and you'll feel full when you are full!
...the Japanese discovered another taste sensation in addition to sweet, salty, sour & bitter? It is called umami and it is the taste of meat.
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