Why can’t we swallow rapidly?

Question

I can only swallow at a rate of like once every two seconds at the fastest… Why?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Because whatever we eat must be slippery/soft enough to travel our digestive track. Generally that’s not the case with the food we eat so our body add saliva to the food while teeth are grinding it.

There are few things we can swallow rapidly. So, it also depends on the food you’re trying to swallow.