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Q: Why do we choke and cough sometime when we swallow food?
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What happens if you swallow your food with out chewing?

Well, you might choke...


What is the flap that closes when humans swallow to block off the trachea?

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What is the horses process of chewing?

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Why must you chew your food?

So you don't choke or swallow too much air.


Why is breathing interrupted when you swallow?

Because otherwise you might inhale the food or liquid into your windpipe and choke on it.


Why is it important to chew your food well before you swallow it?

because digestion begins in your mouth and you can also choke


What happens if you swallow your food whole and don't chew?

You can choke because the food is too big to go down your throat to your stomache.


Why do very young children need to be soft foods?

So they don't choke on chunky food and also so they can swallow it better.


When you really eat fast and swallow poorly chewed food you may feel like choking and may even cough why is this so?

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When you eat really fast and swallow poorly chewed food you may feel like choking and may even cough. Why is this so?

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What does it mean when you chew thoroughly?

It means to make sure all of your food in your mouth is chewed up and ready to swallow and digest... makung sure you wont choke.


What is the worst thing you can ever swallow on acsident?

For one thing you should chew all food thoroughly before swallowing. The worst thing you could swallow on accident is probably a quarter which can clog your air way. You can choke on almost anything though. Anything that you can swallow and is not chewed thoroughly if it food. You will choke, your breathing airway will not work properly and you may black out. While reading The Lovely Bones, Susie's brother swallows a stick and almost dies...so really it just matters the size, the hardness etc. Don't Swallow anything Toxic