A closer look
Chewing your food thoroughly increases the production of hormones linked to satiety and reduces the total amount of calories you consume during a meal. The mechanical process of breaking down food gives your stomach enough time to send signals to your notoriously slow brain that you are actually full. However, since modern humans eat their lunch hunched over a keyboard like feral goblins inhaling a sandwich in four bites, that signal never arrives in time. You end up eating twice as much as you need, gasping for air, and wondering why your digestive tract is staging a violent rebellion. If you simply chewed like a civilized primate instead of a starving pelican, you might actually recognize the concept of being comfortably full
