why can hunger either go away or be briefly managed by food just touching your tongue. Shouldn’t it have to be in the stomach first or digested?
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Since it being on your tongue usually precedes it being in your stomach, and since you want to have senses in your tongue anyway (so you don’t eat something you shouldn’t), and since your stomach is a pit of acid that needs a thick membrane to prevent that acid from digesting your insides, it makes sense then, that your mouth is a primary means of managing hunger.
That said, the emptiness/fullness of your stomach does play a role in being hungry. But if there is food on your tongue, it’s safe to assume you are taking care of that whole hunger thing, so no sense it continuing to ring that hunger alarm, is there?
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