Why isn’t it satisfying to chew up food them spit it out without swallowing? How does your brain differentiate the sensation when it knows you aren’t going to actually consume it?

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Answer 1

This is one of those lizard brain monkey brain things. Monkey brain just wants to taste the food but doesn’t want to get fat or what have you by consuming it.

Lizard brain only cares about fuel and not swallowing means there’s no fuel so it gets upset and doesn’t hit that reward center.