Maybe an Odd Diet Method

As a small child, I was apparently not taught how to eat very correctly! In general, I tended to GULP food I guess. A direct consequence of that is that I swallowed a lot of air as well as food.

I never really thought much about that, especially since such a thing NEVER comes up in conversation! How or why would anyone even think about such a thing? I suppose that only a Research Physicist might!

But consider this: I can now see two very direct results of that.

• (1) By swallowing quite a bit of air, I suspect that my stomach got the sensation that it was full more quickly, even though only part of its contents was actual food! It seems logical that I might have therefore eaten less food than if all that air was not inside my stomach. As it is, I have generally been fairly skinny most of my life, while truly HATING the idea of working out or running or all that stuff. Many people would say that I have a high metabolism, and that may be true, but no one seems to really know what that means. What if it ACTUALLY happens to be related to whether kids learn how to eat properly? I guess I eat more like a dog does, in somewhat gulping down food, and I am assuming that dogs must get a lot of air inside their stomachs, too!

• OK. Assuming that there is a lot of air in my stomach, doesn't it seem that some different types of digestion might occur? In general, there is little air/oxygen in people's stomachs and intestines, and the digestion processes are generally what is called anaerobic, lacking air. As a scientist, I happen to know that anaerobic processes tend to be less efficient than when enough air is present, what is called aerobic. So, what if the presence of all that extra air in my stomach might contribute toward permitting a certain amount of aerobic decomposition to occur, as well as the standard anaerobic? Seems to me that digestion might be more complete???

  In biochemistry, it is well known that not only is aerobic decomposition more efficient than anaerobic, it also can decompose many more materials. Could this result in the body being better able to decompose some materials that might otherwise be slightly harmful to us?

Well, I don't know! This could be the reasoning of a Physicist, often known for thinking in strange ways! Still, the logic seems moderately credible!

SO! What might this mean? I am not sure. But ANYONE can easily swallow air! Open your mouth and fill it with some air, and then swallow as though you had a big chunk of hamburger in your mouth! You can even tell when you actually gulp down some air, as you can feel it in your throat.

I see zero negative consequences of this (with the possible exception of having some extra intestinal gas inside you to get rid of somehow!) So even if it turns out not to have any actual benefit, I don't really see any reason to have to avoid trying it. Except maybe not in front of your friends or Boss!

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C Johnson, Physicist, Physics Degree from Univ of Chicago