Info about chewing up food and spitting it back out into a napkin?
Question by DingoJane: Info about chewing up food and spitting it back out into a napkin?
Is this wrong/bad? Why?
Is there any good resources for me to look at regarding this?
Thanks Pisto. Thats really what I was looking for. You hit it right on. douche.
What do you think? Answer below!
5 Responses to Info about chewing up food and spitting it back out into a napkin?
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Eat your food or don’t put it on your plate.
Asshole.
pistolavirus
July 15, 2013 at 2:34 pm
Well obviously that’s a sign of an eating disorder, so if that’s what you want keep it up.
Lex
July 15, 2013 at 2:52 pm
if you’re not actually eating anything, just chewing it up and spitting it out… that’s an eating disorder. Chewing the food doesn’t actually get you any sort of nutrition and you’re basically starving yourself.
Try looking at http://www.anred.com they have all kinds of information on eating disorders, including the lesser known ones.
Amanda C
July 15, 2013 at 3:21 pm
So….are you telling us your a spitter and not a swallower?
MANPIG
July 15, 2013 at 3:34 pm
Here is an article I found. I also found that this is the starter to being anerexic or bulemic. You aren’t going to get the nutrients you need and could severly damage your body. The source is sited below.
I reccommed that you get therapy before you slip further down this slippery slope.
Hi. All I want to know is if chewing and spitting causes weight gain or not. I have heard both ends of the story and I need to know if the calories absorbed are negligible or if it’s like a good percent of the food that you chew and spit. I don’t chew and spit too often, but I do it occasionally and it would help to know if I am gaining many calories from this activity. Thanks, Marisa
Dear Marisa,
The simple answer is that the calories absorbed from chewing and spitting are negligible. Since food is not exposed to digestive enzymes of the gastrointestinal tract, fats, proteins and carbohydrates cannot be digested (broken down into small pieces) and therefore not absorbed. In fact, only an invert sugar like honey, which is predigested by the bee into glucose, could be absorbed through the tongue and contribute calories.
That said, the few calories that you would absorb by actually swallowing the bite are not the real problem. The greater concern and more important question is if chewing and spitting causes weight gain. This has a potentially more damaging explanation.
There are two phases of eating that precede absorption. They are referred to the ‘cephalic’ and ‘tasting’ phases of eating. Cephalic is the suggestion of food, such as seeing, smelling and hearing about food. The tasting phase is the post-ingestive and pre-absorptive phase which would be chewing and spitting. Both the cephalic and tasting phase trigger the release of insulin, which is not a good thing if you have ever been overweight and especially if you have lost weight. Excess insulin is a dieter’s worst nightmare because it raises appetite, makes it easy to gain weight and makes it difficult to lose weight. Also the resulting hyper-insulinemia is a precursor of insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and eventually diabetes.
You write, “I don’t chew and spit too often, but I do it occasionally.” If you get too close to the fire you will get burned. “I smoked marijuana but did not inhale,” said former President Bill Clinton. Can you be a little bit pregnant? These statements are reminders that you can’t fool Mother Nature and if you get too close to the edge of the cliff you will fall. We have learned from the gastric bypass surgical patients that ‘chewing and spitting’ is inappropriate and has the strong possibility of progressing to an eating disorder.
Chewing and spitting may seem like a reasonable compromise for getting the benefits of tasting without the negligible contribution of calories, but it is an inappropriate behavior that may very well have negative and health threatening consequences.
– Dr. Carson
west
July 15, 2013 at 3:37 pm