Chew your food well
Good digestion begins in the mouth. Especially for complex carbohydrates, which digest only in the mouth and the small intestine.The enzyme Amylase in the salivary glands is responsible for digestion of carbohydrates in the mouth. Without chewing, Amylase secretion is poor, and healthy digestion is compromised.
The stomach acids DO NOT break down carbohydrates!
If you don't chew the carbs (greens, salads, grains, and beans) you probably will not digest them. So you may experience gas, bloating, and slight pain in the belly.
In fact, those symptoms are very common due to the way we eat: little chewing, on the go, multi-tasking.
Chewing also gives notice to the body that food is coming down, so the stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, etc., all get ready, and bloating is avoided.
Carnivorous animals don't have to chew. In fact, they can't, as their jaws don't move side to side. They rip the food instead. They eat mostly fats and protein, which get digested in the stomach just fine.
Herbivores (like chimps, gorillas, horses, cows, giraffes, elephants, AND humans) have to chew.
All herbivorous animals chew. Sometimes for hours eg cows. Have you noticed that? Except for us, humans.
Somehow, we have ignored to observe nature and our obvious biology.
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