Science Of Life

Author(s): U S Dugar
Publisher: U S Dugar

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slash cholesterol and even get diabetes under control, suggest experts.
The act of chewing is relaxing. Thorough chewing helps to prevent the heavy feeling that sometimes follows a meal. It is believed by many to also facilitate managing and losing weight because it slows down the eating process, allowing time for the body to signal to the brain when it is full. Mastication may be an important life habit to keep the health preventing and improving arteriosclerosis, a condition in which the walls of the arteries become thick and hard, making it difficult for blood to flow. The proper functioning of glucose metabolism is an important element in the control of diabetes and diabetic complication. A study done demonstrated that stimulation by mastication significantly improved hyperlipidaemia, especially it reduced the levels of total cholesterol and triglyceride. The mastication also significantly suppressed small dense LDL level. Moreover, mastication has an effect to increase serum elastase level. These effects of mastication are clear in the case with insulin resistance. Thorough mastication significantly augments plasma glucose and serum insulin concentrations.
Proper mastication helps combat heart disease, cancer and ageing and more. Everyone is fearful of old age. Old age is a natural transformation of all human beings irrespective of sex, status, virtue and behaviour. Disease and disability are considered an inevitable part of growing older. Old age is feeling of hopelessness, despair and a lack of energy. The power of the senses is youth and emaciation of this power is old age. Old
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