"What if I told you there was something EASY you could do that would help with weight loss, digestion, increases energy, supports your immune system, decrease belly bulge, improves nutrient absorption and is FREE of charge--would you do it?
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Yes?!?!
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So what am I talking about?
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CHEW your F#*King Food!!! How many of you are eating on the run, consume HUGE bites of foods, chew your food 2-3x and then swallow? If I had to guest, I would say at least 50%. And guest what? You are doing yourself a HUGE disservice!!
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What you need to understand is digestion starts in the mouth. If we are barely chewing our food and swallow it almost entirely intact, then we are missing a big part of the digestive process.
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For the most part, your saliva is 99.5% water. But the other .5% is filled with enzymes, like amylase and lipase (break downs carbohydrates and fats), lysozyme which acts as an antimicrobial agent, lactoferin which acts as an antibacterial agent, Immunoglobin A (IgA) an antibody that plays a role in immune function, electrolytes, mucas, and white blood cells.
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The role of the saliva, in your mouth, is to help start the digestion of fats and carbohydrates, along with protecting the body from foreign substances.
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Most everything I share on this page is about consuming easy to digest foods. I stress this because when the food is easier to break down, your body has an easier time getting the nutrition and energy it so desperatedly needs. Thus, chewing your food and allowing the saliva enzymes to do their work, will help in this process.
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How many times should you chew?
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One study concluded that chewing 40x a bite was the magic number.
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Personally, I suggest chewing anywhere from 20-30x per bite. This not only allows you to enjoy your food more, but it should help with any bloating and digestive upset after eating.
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Bottom line: Eat slower. Chew each bit 20-40x. Put your fork down in between bites. Enjoy and taste your food. Stop eating while working or driving or watching TV, these are make you an unconscious eater. Become more conscious about your food eating, and think about chewing your food MORE." Kate Deering
What's Wrong with Strict Parenting? Part 4:
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And what does work? Many studies show that there's another way that works best. This approach has been called "authoritative" parenting, but I don't like that word because it is usually confused with "authoritarian. (Notice they're spelled differently, and they don't mean the same thing!) Instead, I call this parenting style "Empathic Limits" to get across the point that we do set limits, just like the Authoritarian (strict) parents, but we do it with empathy, just like the Permissive parents. Children thrive on Limits and Age-appropriate expectations, but only if they're set with empathy. Here's how.
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But it's important to note that this doesn't just mean a happy medium between Permissive and Strict. The happy medium approach tends to compromise standards in ways that aren't good for kids ("Ok, you can stay up later") while continuing to use punishments like Timeouts -- milder, but still punishments. In other words, it isn't good for either parents or kids, even if it isn't as bad as authoritarian or permissive. Why? Because parents feel forced to compromise their standards, and their kids still don't behave very well (because the parent is still using punishment.)
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What we're really aiming for is the expectations and limits that keep kids functioning at a high level, combined with the warmth and support of "Permissive." That combination of empathy and limits is the sweet spot that raises amazing kids -- and makes for the best parenting. For a complete explanation of this parenting style, see The Sweet Spot Between Strict and Permissive.
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Photograph from, the television series "Leave it to Beaver", 1957
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