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hi everyone its Katie again and the
weather has been so beautiful here that
I decided to try to do a couple videos
outside because it's just so nice and to
be cooped up inside just feels wrong and
today's topic comes from some concerns
and questions that I've got from one or
two of my subscribers on YouTube I
believe and this has to do with chewing
and spitting out food now the great
thing about my website my channel is
that I try to teach you everything I
know about eating disorders how to cope
and in turn when you ask questions if I
don't know the answer I get to do
research and I actually get to learn
from you and what's affecting you and
what struggles you have and this is one
of those instances where I had to look
up some information to make sure that
what I thought was the truth actually
was what the research supports now the
question was how bad is chewing and
spitting out food on your body what
damage could it do or does it do any
damage and to be honest when I first got
that question I thought I don't think it
does that much damage I mean other than
the disordered eating factor and the
fact that you it's part of the
restricting binging purging kind of
behaviors I didn't think it did anything
to your body but upon further research I
found that not only can it damage your
dental work in your mouth because when
you chew food as I'm sure many of us
know our body starts salivating it
begins the process of digestion right
away so even though lots of us think it
just happens in our stomach and
intestines it actually starts in our
mouth and when we salivate it's our
body's way of beginning that process and
so when we chew the food and we spit it
out our body is already giving our mouth
those enzymes and that salivation just
start breaking down food and it can
actually affect the strength of our
teeth and give us gum disease and extra
cavities so that's one of the main
concerns obviously same with purging
like I said before it can affect the
enamel on your teeth so can this chewing
and spitting and then secondly because
our mouth has started salivating that
sends a signal to our stomach to say
food is coming get ready
we're excited right so it starts
producing the extra
acids that it needs to digest the food
in our stomachs right we've all we all
know that our stomach has acid and
that's how it breaks down the food and
gets the nutrients to where they need to
get to but because no food actually goes
down this can really be damaging to your
stomach and intestines especially the
wall of your stomach it can cause things
like ulcers it can actually add to Tate
them if you already have them and it can
lead to acid reflux which I know a lot
of you struggle with if you've been gym
purge for a long time it can definitely
wear out the lining you know of our
esophagus and stuff like that I know
I've talked about that so that's what
the research supports and obviously
chewing and spitting is kind of our
eating disorder sneaky way of getting
back in because we've told it we're not
binging and purging I'm not restricting
I'm still eating you know but but this
is kind of a another behavior and a way
for it to hang on and the best way
obviously the remedy for chewing and
spitting is that if you have a desire
for a food right
I really am craving something allow
yourself some of it you don't have to
chew and spit a bunch of it it's kind of
like a binge mode I mean notice and take
time to notice if while you're chewing
and spitting you're in binge mode if
you're like outside of your body you
feel out of control you know and the
spitting is almost like you regaining
control like the purging behavior so
just just notice and this is just kind
of informational because I know that
many of you had questions about this and
how it could be harming you or not and I
just want to make sure that we all are
on the same page and we all know what
that can do to our bodies and if you
haven't already hop on my website I have
a free workbook available across the
tabs on the top you'll see the free
workbook tab and you can download it
there has some great information
especially if you're just considering
recovery and you're at the beginning
stages these can be some great tools to
kind of get you moving in the right
direction and obviously leave comments
below if this is something you already
knew or you've heard something else or
more information share it we're a
community of people helping each other
and as we take one step at a time
working towards recovery right so let's
just continue to work together as we
work towards a healthy mind and a
healthy
body
you