Here’s something most people never think about – this came up on a recent Mail Bag segment. In 1970, the average bite of food took over 20 chews before your body felt safe enough to swallow. Today it’s less than 3. THREE. Why? Food has been engineered to break down faster, on purpose, because the faster it disappears, the more you eat before your body’s fullness signal (ghrelin) ever catches up. That’s not a willpower problem, that’s a design problem, and it matters more than ever in conversations about GLP-1s and why so many of us are struggling with appetite control.