Does prolonged chewing reduce food intake? Fletcherism revisited

clinical paper · 2011

type:clinical paper

year:2011

citation:Smit HJ, Kemsley EK, Tapp HS, Henry CJK. 'Does prolonged chewing reduce food intake? Fletcherism revisited.' Appetite. 2011;57(1):295-298. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2011.02.003. PMID 21316411.

LINK

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2011.02.003

SUMMARY

A 2011 controlled study in Appetite (57(1):295-298, DOI 10.1016/j.appet.2011.02.003, PMID 21316411) by Smit, Kemsley, Tapp, and Henry, finding that a higher chew count (35 versus 10) reduces food intake. Cited to confirm the narrow surrogate (reduced intake) while separating it from the broad health and longevity claims Fletcherism does not support. Metadata from the published record.

NOTES

A 2011 controlled study in Appetite (Smit, Kemsley, Tapp, and Henry) testing the narrow mechanistic core of Fletcherism: whether chewing each mouthful more (35 versus 10 chews) reduces the amount eaten. It found that the higher chew count reduced food intake, supporting the limited proposition that prolonged mastication can lower intake. The archive cites it to separate the one part of Fletcher’s doctrine that holds up on a measured surrogate (reduced intake) from the broad disease-prevention and life-extension claims it does not support. Metadata (volume 57, issue 1, pages 295-298, 2011, DOI 10.1016/j.appet.2011.02.003) is from the published record, PMID 21316411.