Does the "Chew and spit" Method work? and is it healthy?!

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Does it work.... Hmmm not usually. You don't hear of many people (ie. people with eating disordered behaviours) using this method. Well that's because trust me a lot of the food will slip down your throat no matter how hard you try.... Thus you do absorb some of the calories. I've tried it before and always end up swallowing some so have to throw it up. Pretty pointless really.

Because of the chewing action you produce a lot of gastric juice but as all the food is not swallowed the juice just fizzles out and you will probably get hungry and binge. It can make the salivary glands swollen and is bad for the teeth as the food often stays in the mouth for a long time and people put a lot more food in their mouth during C&S e.g. chewing a whole cake rather than chewing a slice and swallowing it.

My advise. Forget C&S unless it's an emergency.... e.g. my friend made me a cake and I had to show her I tasted it but spat it out into an opaque cup. Just cut out the crap foods.

Good luck, hope I helped :)