There's a very passionate pro-chewing movement on the Internet called Chewdiasm. They say that we should be chewing 50 to 100 times per mouthful, which is insane. I tried that. It takes like a day and a half to eat a sandwich. But their basic idea is right. If you chew, you'll eat slower and you will get more nutrients.

Jacobs is the author of The Two Kings: Elvis and Jesus (1994) an irreverent comedic comparison of Elvis Presley and Jesus; and America Off-Line (1996). He is the editor at large for Esquire and previously worked for the Antioch Daily Ledger and Entertainment Weekly. He wrote about it in his humorous book The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (2004).

J. Arnold Stephen Jacobs Jr.