My nutritionist recc that I chew 30 time prior to swallowing. I have been practicing this but I find it very hard to do . Has anybody else been told to do this?

chew 30 time prior to swallowing.

crystal43zzz

my NUT never gave me an exact number like 30 times to chew, but it was crammed into my head pre WLS that I had to thoroughly chew after each bite a whole bunch of times, til the food is basically squished to death

you will get used to stuff like this cuz its just one of the rules of WLS that you must follow or the chewing police will be after you

good luck on pending WLS

kathy

yes I was told to do this. it is hard. But its only a temporary habit action. I have been chewing normally now since 3 months out....

No, but I was a revision after 6 years so chewing habits were pretty much rock solid. They took about 3 weeks to solidify in the beginning. In the first few days, I QUICKLY learned how little I chewed before.

I disagree with the idea of "30 chews." I talked to my NUT and got her to change her advice on this. IMO it should be about a consistency, not a number. So I'd say something like "chew to goo."

Some things won't be ready after 30 chews: a big bite, or a tough food (i.e. jerky), etc. There's just no way you're going to chew a bite of mashed potatoes 30 times, but what you can do is chew it enough that it sort of goes down without you even really swallowing. I can just see people freaking out because mashed potatoes went down after only 24 chews...

I don't chew any differently than I did before, and only made the effort at all the first week I had solids. It just hasn't been a problem for me.

On the other hand, I do take smaller bites than I did before.

My nut said 20 times.

My nutritionist recc that I chew 30 time prior to swallowing. I have been practicing this but I find it very hard to do . Has anybody else been told to do this?

Yes I was told this 25 x

The point is not to actually reach that number, but to put into our minds that we need to chew our food more. As obese folk, a common issue is inhaling food. I have to believe the mechanical aspects of the stomach digestion process is somewhat affected by having 85% of the stomach removed. Chewing more is not only a habit of skinnier folk, but will aid in the digestion and therefore absorption of food.

Can't be a bad thing ... right?

My NUT told me to chew till the food was to baby food consistency.

Lissa once said on here: "chew it until you feel like you want to spit it out. THEN swallow it."

That said- I don't always accomplish it. There are foods that will let you KNOW you didn't chew them enough. It hurts when it hits your stomach. Of all things- if I don't chew up the little curds in my cottage cheese, it really hurts when it hits bottom. You'll figure it out..