A mechanical soft diet is recommended for people with chewing and swallowing difficulties such as dysphagia because it makes foods easier and safer to eat. If you’ve been prescribed a mechanical soft ...

Chewing food thoroughly is a simple but often overlooked step that plays a crucial role in digestion, nutrient absorption, weight control, and overall health. Many people rush through meals or swallow ...

People nowadays are always rushing to work, to get to an appointment, or to get to a meeting, but in this hectic life schedule, we eat quickly without taking into account how well we chew our food.

Fifteen years ago, Peter Lucas ate nearly five pounds of carrots. For science. Lucas researches feeding in mammals, and he wanted to see if he could eat enough root vegetables to meet his body’s ...

Chewing: We don’t think about it, we just do it. But biologists don’t know a lot about how chewing behavior leaves telltale signs on the underlying bones. To find out, researchers at the Jacobs School ...

Sandra-Ilona Sunram-Lea received funding from UKRI, JDRF, Horizon and industry. The relationship between chewing gum – both the sugary and the non-sugary kind – and whether chewing gum might prevent ...