Your stomach doesn’t have teeth, and while it can churn and mix food with acid and enzymes, it’s designed to receive food that’s already been properly processed by thorough chewing.

Chewing your food thoroughly can help burn calories at various levels. According to research published in the journal Obesity, chewing till no lumps remain can help you burn more calories during ...

So chewing your food is really important for the extraction of a lot of that nutrition instead of pooping it out.” 5 Inadequate chewing can lead to digestive issues and abdominal pain.

Not chewing your food properly can also compromise digestion, meaning you won’t get all of the nutrients from your food. Unchewed pieces of food also could get stuck in your esophagus.