Why is it so easy to swallow food but not pills?

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Why is it so easy to swallow food but not pills?

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Swallowing is a three stage process, starting with chewing. You skip the chewing process with pills which makes it more challenging. You also don’t get the benefit of chewing the bolus to make it smaller when taking pills.

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