With each meal, when edible substances find their way into the oral cavity, thick and viscous saliva containing much mucus flows out of these glands.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Digestive saliva is naturally produced in response to food entering the mouth.
- In plain terms
- Saliva flows when food enters your mouth.
- What can you take from it?
- Natural bodily functions respond automatically to food intake.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does your body respond to food?
- What automatic processes do you notice?
Another view
This describes a basic function, not a complex psychological phenomenon.
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