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My gut feel (...) is that not controlling for time per unit of mass consumed invalidates the result, as hormonal signals are slow. IE, 25g per minute chewed 15
by pftburger 6y ago
My gut feel (...) is that not controlling for time per unit of mass consumed invalidates the result, as hormonal signals are slow.
IE, 25g per minute chewed 15 times vs 25g per minute chewed 40 times.
This would be highly dependant on the type of food.
Bread (and pizza) chunks break down well in the gut, in comparison to mushrooms that hardly break down at all after chewing.
Insulin is released in response to blood sugar.
Guesswork extrapolation : Chewing more increases surface area increasing the speed of digestion.
I am not sure how chewing interacts with the amount of overall time food spends in the gut.
Still very interesting work.
I would love to see an analysis of stomach acid production in relation to chewing cycles.
Of note, and correct me if I am wrong, but isn't n30 the minimum for statistical significance? (even though n30 is still laughably low, and id prefer n3000)
- James_Henry 6y ago> Of note, and correct me if I am wrong, but isn't n30 the minimum for statistical significance? (even though n30 is still laughably low, and id prefer n3000) It depends on the size of the effect, among other things. Maybe you are thinking about student-t distributions being approximated by normal distributions? > Insulin is released in response to blood sugar. This is true, but is only part of the picture. There are other hormones like incretins. There is even what they call the cephalic phase insulin response that occurs before blood glucose concentrations increase. I think it even can occur just from imagining eating food.