Over a 100 years ago, some nutrition quack in America promoted the idea that chewing 30 times is good for you. That caught on in Japan and still circulates.
My kids are being taught to chew 30 times. Guess where their mom is from.
These researchers neatly picked a range centered around that 30 chews. Amusing!
> These results are from young female participants fed rice ball, and there is the possibility of obtaining different results by changing the participants and food.
Yeah, don't get all your data by feeding onigiri to AKB-48.