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Why is it an advantage to move food around your mouth before you swallow it?​

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the mouth and saliva has digestive enzymes that help break down the food before it travels down into the stomach
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Answer:

Because it makes the food more tasty and it's easier to break down the food particles

Step-by-step explanation:

there's the 5 taste sensory in each part of your tongue and each part of it specializes in a taste, the front of your tongue specializes in sweetness, the middle part of your tongue specializes in saltiness, the upper part of your tongue specializes in sourness and the back part specializes in bitterness.
It also breaks larger particles into smaller particles to reduce the stress of your esophagus.

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