why isn’t it sufficiently satisfying just to chew tasty (but unhealthy) food rather than also needing to swallow it in order to enjoy it fully?

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In other words, we all eat food that tastes great but is unhealthy. The part that we like is chewing it and enjoying the taste in our mouths. It would be great to do only that and then just spit it out and then turn to less tasty food and swallow that for the health benefits. But our bodies seem to need us to also swallow the bad (tasty) food in order to be satisfied. Why is that?

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The good feelings of eating aren’t just taste and mouthfeel, but the feeling of tasty food going down the tube to your belly.

Think of dogs. They loooove tasty food, but don’t savor it. Nope, they go right for the satisfying swallow. Sometimes not chewing at all!

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