Glycaemic variability challenges the accuracy and use of the glycaemic index (GI). The purpose of the current study was to determine the role of mastication on GI. Using a randomized, controlled, ...

Recently, frequency of mastication has dramatically decreased along with changes in dietary habits. Masticatory stimulation has particular influence on the development of the central nervous system as ...

Many scientific and medical terms describe ordinary actions that people perform every day without giving them much thought. Mastication is one such word. Although it may sound highly technical, it ...

Chewing, or mastication, is thought to impact jawbone structure as bone is continually reconstructed along with alterations in mechanical load. However, the underlying mechanisms are unknown. In a new ...

Professor D. J. McClements of the University of Massachusetts and Dr Steve Carrington of Malvern Panalytical demonstrate how rheology can be used to determine the food changes that occur during the ...

Researchers have delivered the influence of masticatory stimulus on brain function in order to establish the molecular basis of new treatments and preventive measures for memory/learning dysfunction.