• @[email protected]
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    -12 days ago

    Is this true? I chew for a few minutes before swallowing normally, find it difficult to swallow otherwise.

    • @krashmo
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      362 days ago

      A few minutes per bite?!?

        • @candybrie
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          162 days ago

          I don’t even know how you keep the food in your mouth chewing that long. After a minute most of it has managed to make it’s way to my throat without any effort by me to get it there.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 day ago

            Yeah, I never really actively swallow, it’s too painful, I just wait for the food to slide down.

            • @[email protected]
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              16 hours ago

              You should ask about getting a swallowing study done to find out what’s going on because that isn’t normal. It might be an esophageal stricture or spasm that can be fixed.

                • @[email protected]
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                  216 hours ago

                  If they are proportional to each other, you shouldn’t really be able to get more in your mouth than your esophagus can handle. There are some conditions that make the esophagus tense up wrong instead of making peristalsis.

                • @[email protected]
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                  323 hours ago

                  that should only result in smaller bites, definitely not pain unless you’re trying to swallow whole chestnuts

        • @[email protected]
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          41 day ago

          Its said to be healthy and improve digestion to chew more and eat slowly so there isnt really any reason to stop.