In this article, the narrater tells his story about how he ate sillicon. Dr. Van Der Bilt, is an oral physiologist. This means that he studies the way people chew. According to him, the way a person chews is related to the way someone walks. Therefore, there are many types of ways one chews. He also studies other parts of the mouth, including saliva, tongue, lips and cheeks. All of these parts work togather to make the bolus.
This is related to what we are studying, since i has to do with the digestion of food in the body. The mouth is the first part of digestion in the body. At first mechanical digestion breaks down the food into smaller peices. The part of the mouth that does mechanical digestion are the teeth. After the teath break the food down into smaller peices, chemical digestion further breaks down the carbohydrates in the food. Amylace, found in the saliva, is what performs chemical digestion in the mouth.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/health/mary-roach-on-studying-food-and-how-humans-eat-it.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0&adxnnl=1&ref=digestivetract&adxnnlx=1368983078-i5NqjNyTifCBCFV2qKgHYQ
What is the relationship between chewing and walking?
ReplyDeleteDepending on how one walks will affect the way one chews. For example, if someone was a slow walker, then they most likely chew slowly. OR if somwone was a fast walker, they would most likely chew quickly.
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ReplyDeleteDo the different types of ways you chew affect how you digest differently?
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