The Surprising Benefits of Chewing and Resulting Biotech Innovations -- SECFilings.com

REDONDO BEACH, CA--(Marketwired - Oct 4, 2017) - SECFilings.com, a leading financial news and information portal offering free real time public company filing alerts, announces the publication of an article discussing AXIM® Biotechnologies Inc. (OTCQB: AXIM) and its focus on leveraging the therapeutic benefits of mastication.

The early 20th century dietician Horace Fletcher discovered that chewing each bite of food 32 times would help people control how much food they consumed. The craze quickly gripped the nation and "fletcherizing" became the most popular weight loss strategy -- complete with catch phrases like "nature shall castigate those who don't masticate [chew]". But by mid-century, the calorie-limiting diets we know today came into vogue and the benefits of mastication were lost.

Fortunately, these benefits aren't lost on researchers who remain very interested in the benefits of chewing -- or mastication. These researchers have continued to study the benefits of chewing on everything from nutrition to cognitive improvements, while publishing their findings in leading medical journals around the world. Innovative companies have started to discover these findings and bring new mastication-based therapeutics to market.

Benefits of Chewing

The act of chewing may seem like a simple process, but there is a lot happening behind the scenes. In addition to processing food before it enters the stomach, chewing causes a cascade of hormone releases, increased blood flow to the head, and many other potentially beneficial effects. The buccal mucosa -- or inner lining of the cheek -- is also an exceptionally permeable barrier for drugs to be delivered to the bloodstream.

Nutrition

The act of chewing (or mastication) may play an important role in nutrition and weight loss, according to research published by Jei Li of the School of Public Health at Harbin Medical University. The researchers studied the breakfast habits of 30 individuals with varying body mass indexes ("BMI") to see how they ate and if chewing longer had an impact on nutrition.

"Mastication apparently plays a role in the gut hormone profile, which consequently influences energy intake," wrote the scientists. In particular, the scientists found that chewing longer reduced hormone signals, like ghrelin, that spur the feelings of hunger. The scientists also found that obese men tended to eat each gram of food more quickly and with fewer chews than those who were leaner and had higher levels of ghrelin in their bloodstream.