'A hidden blood pump': How chewing more boosts your brain ^62.8%

BBC - By Sandy Ong - 5/17/2026, 9:00 AM

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While it's widely known that chewing more improves digestion, research suggests it can also boost our brains and even help fend off Alzheimer's. For once chewing a shallot 722 times before swallowing it, Horace Fletcher was dubbed "The Great Masticator". The American self-taught nutritionist believed food should be chewed "until it is... more