As we have seen, bread, and especially dry bread, evokes secretion of considerably larger quantities of saliva than meat.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Dry bread causes more saliva production than meat does, as observed in experiments.
- In plain terms
- Dry bread produces more saliva than meat.
- What can you take from it?
- Different foods trigger varying levels of saliva.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does your body react to different foods?
- Do foods affect you differently?
Another view
Individual differences may change how foods affect saliva.
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