Digestion starts in the mouth so, to avoid overburdening your stomach, it is important to chew food well. A nutritionist gives some helpful advice
You should chew your food until it is small enough to swallow easily, so your stomach does not have to work too hard. Digestion starts in the mouth.
Saliva contains amylase, the enzyme that helps to chemically break down food. There is also mechanical digestion, the physical action of breaking down food. If food does not stay in the mouth long enough, it is not exposed to amylase to break down the carbohydrates – there is very little carbohydrate digestion in the stomach, and if food gets there without being properly digested, the stomach has to work harder. There are also some things the stomach cannot digest. If bits of food enter the top of your small intestine still quite whole, it can lead to bloating and discomfort.
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