Chewing is always better, you create a larger surface area of the food so enzymes can digest food better.
Does the stomach extract the energy still just drinking water and slamming rice by the spoonful to get the energy.
It may be considered ever so passé, but a very high priority I have always given meals is flavor.
Carbohydrate digestion begins in the mouth.Always better to chew all foods thourougly.What a question.
Who eats thst crap just ear white rice tastes good and your not going to look any different
chewing produces SALIVA which helps to break down the food.when drinking smoothies, you're supposed to 'chew' them to help them be used by the body better. I watched that in a youtube clip once. brutal broscience.