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Dysphagia: it’s like being waterboarded 24 hours a day
Toast is an unlikely agent of death. But there you are in your kitchen on a Saturday morning, inexplicably choking on a mouthful, trying not to panic. The day begins like any other for Samantha Anderson, a goldsmith and mother of three from Brisbane, Australia. She has made her usual breakfast of tea and toast with peanut butter and lets her mind wander as she takes her first bite. And then, nothing. Wait, why didn’t I swallow?
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I know it's a serious article about a serious issue, but this line had me smirking:
"The cruelty is compounded by how it distorts eating, which is not only a physical necessity but also a way for our highly social species to bond, relax and savour favourite foods."
(emphasis mine)
How else are you going to savour foods.