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Aug 2023
17m 46s

Chewing Your Food - Ask a Nutritionist

Nutritional Weight & Wellness, Inc.
About this episode
Why is it important to take the time to properly chew foods? Well, taking bites and chewing our food thoroughly is the very first step in physically digesting our food. Tune into this week's episode of Ask a Nutritionist with Leah to learn all about the benefits of properly chewing food. 
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