Chewing more during meals improves memory, a study has found

A decline in hippocampal cell function in the brain is the main cause of memory decline in older adults. Chewing may help prevent memory loss in the elderly, a Japanese study suggests. The researchers removed a group of adult mice and mice to disrupt their ability to chew food. The other group did nothing. The two groups were then fed the same diet and given a maze to navigate. They found that the group of mice whose molars had been removed had significantly poorer memories than the other group.

Inspired by this result, researchers began to study the human brain. They found that there was a significant increase in activity in the hippocampus during chewing. So they think chewing regularly helps activate the brain.

Researchers have found that chewing stimulates the part of the brain responsible for memory. Cells in the hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for learning, decline with age, as does short-term memory. The act of chewing increases the activity of cells in the hippocampus, preventing them from aging. Researchers at The University of Northumbria in the UK have also confirmed that chewing more stimulates the heart and increases the secretion of hormones in the brain, leading to improved thinking and memory.

Researchers have found that chewing stimulates the part of the brain responsible for memory. Cells in the hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for learning, decline with age, as does short-term memory. The act of chewing increases the activity of cells in the hippocampus, preventing them from aging. Researchers at The University of Northumbria in the UK have also confirmed that chewing more stimulates the heart and increases the secretion of hormones in the brain, leading to improved thinking and memory.

Chewing also stimulates the production of saliva, a part of the brain associated with memory and learning. Therefore, chewing more during meals, gargling after meals and tapping your teeth frequently can help improve brain vitality. Chewing can promote brain development in children, improve productivity in young adults, and prevent brain aging and alzheimer's disease in the elderly.

Chewing also stimulates the production of saliva, a part of the brain associated with memory and learning. Therefore, chewing more during meals, gargling after meals and tapping your teeth frequently can help improve brain vitality. Chewing can promote brain development in children, improve productivity in young adults, and prevent brain aging and alzheimer's disease in the elderly.

According to masticatory experts at Gifu University in Japan, a mouthful of food needs to be chewed at least 20 times before we get the benefits of saliva, or better yet 30 times. But a lot of people have a meal voracious already became a habit, change to chew slowly swallow very difficult all of a sudden, or imperceptibly forget, or chew less than 10 swallow go down.

For such people, experts offer the following three keys:

First, get into the habit of chewing. Refuse to gulp down food and chew each mouthful more than 20 times.

Second, in the food more chewing food, such as cooking porridge, can be appropriate to add corn, oats, peanuts, walnuts, sesame, all kinds of beans and so on; Stir-fry or cold vegetables, retain the stems or leaves of chewing vegetables, such as shepherd's purse, celery, spinach, Chinese cabbage, amaranth and so on.

Third, by changing dishes and cooking methods, contact more food with different tastes and refuse to be picky. For example, you can use chestnuts, melon seeds and other nuts into the dish; When cooking soup, you can put more kelp and lotus root, both nutritious and chewy.

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