Lately, I've among other things (exercising, watching food intake, making sure I'm eating healthily for the most part, etc) adopted a habit of eating chocolate or other small bite sized unhealthy but tasty foods), but not swallowing and instead spitting it out.
In my mind, it's a pretty good strategy. As long as you have a sink nearby (I eat chocolate in the kitchen), it's not too messy either.
And in my growing experience, it is in some sense more satisfying that eating it normally; because you're trying to avoid swallowing it, you're chewing the chocolate longer, making sure that you've masticated very finely (so that it'll go down the sink easily enough as well).
On the other hand, I can't quite shake the lingering thought that there may be some negative health reprecussion that I'm overlooking by doing this, maybe causing extra and unnecessary wear on my teeth (but it's not bulimia).
Or is it possible that I've 'found' (so far as I've turned a blind eye to the obvious grossness of spitting food out, and accepted all its benefits) the one way to have my cake and eat it too... literally (and proverbially).
What say you GAF? Is this madness? Does anyone else do this? Maybe there'll be a groundswell of masticator-spitters, and one day it'll be socially acceptable to ask for a spitting dish at a restaraunt.
In my mind, it's a pretty good strategy. As long as you have a sink nearby (I eat chocolate in the kitchen), it's not too messy either.
And in my growing experience, it is in some sense more satisfying that eating it normally; because you're trying to avoid swallowing it, you're chewing the chocolate longer, making sure that you've masticated very finely (so that it'll go down the sink easily enough as well).
On the other hand, I can't quite shake the lingering thought that there may be some negative health reprecussion that I'm overlooking by doing this, maybe causing extra and unnecessary wear on my teeth (but it's not bulimia).
Or is it possible that I've 'found' (so far as I've turned a blind eye to the obvious grossness of spitting food out, and accepted all its benefits) the one way to have my cake and eat it too... literally (and proverbially).
What say you GAF? Is this madness? Does anyone else do this? Maybe there'll be a groundswell of masticator-spitters, and one day it'll be socially acceptable to ask for a spitting dish at a restaraunt.