Chew hard and grow a good face

Update,
Thanks for all the comment below, can anyone put a list of hard or difficult to consume foods together?
This is a subject which I feel passionately about and I will come back to engage in this conversation (below) frequently. All our ancestors had a diet which made them almost immune to malocclusion (crooked teeth) and the symptoms such as sleep apnoea. If anyone wants to write a book on this or publish some information then please contact me and please share this video and the topic as wide as possible. Prevention must be the way.
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The main aim of the platform is to precipitate debate on why teeth are cooked. Most people are not aware that (in most cases) the dental profession has little or no idea why the teeth are crooked, or for that matter why children need major surgery. Clearly there are genetic issues, however the science is clear, the weight of quality research papers, in respected peer reviewed journals, show that our modern lifestyle is a more important factor and most importantly we can do something about this.
This is especially important as sleep apnoea, TMD, forward head posture and a most otolaryngology problems are implicated as other symptoms of the same underlying problem.
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[@heliocentric777]

Give this beautiful man the nobel peace prize

[@laststanding5791]

I couldn't agree more

[@SIFONEN]

Wuuut haven’t he already😕 yo! Why, I think he earn most of the noble prices but don’t get it🤗

[@smateonesubliminals800]

Yes, how can we nominate him?

[@elijahschnake3863]

He'll use it as a chew toy. Besides, it's basically a popularity contest. www.nobelprize.org/nomination/medicine/

[@karenf9137]

I believe you mean the Nobel Teeth Prize. 😉

[@madebyreuben3402]

My mother never gave me baby food as a child she thought it was nonsense, this is quite a common belief amongst Caribbean people, so is chewing bonrs to get to the marrow and eating fish whole not filleted and using your tongue as you chew isolate the bones. Leads to decent facial development.

[@IO9802]

Your mother was a child when she birthed you?

[@T.R.A.I.N.I.N.G.]

IO9802 black people do have children young generally

[@madebyreuben3402]

IO9802 when I was a child she never gave me baby food lol she was of average first age of child when she had me, at 25

[@blackmystic3184]

MadebyReuben question, how do you use your tongue as you chew to help you isolate the bones?

[@madebyreuben3402]

BlackMystic 31 it's hard to describe I learnt from watching grandparents but you use your tongue to pin the bones to the roof of your mouth and chew at the side of your mouth then when your ready you remove the bone from mouth

[@compulsoryevacuationdevice]

So cute! She will probably have perfectly straight teeth.

[@astrosky9419]

Mike_Mercury and a beautiful face

[@kye1171]

Are you joking? Her dad is Dr mew, of course she will be good looking haha

[@smateonesubliminals800]

A prob grow up to be one of he most beautiful girls in the world

[@smateonesubliminals800]

*the

[@andyisdead]

She's literally the luckiest person in the world.

[@duarte8669]

Wish my parents did this for me

[@tigruana]

It's only too late if you lost you molars

[@hammadkahloon1271]

@@tigruana whats molars

[@fadjeja3141]

@itsjustmyopinion My Ortho put headgear braces, twinblock and I wasn't allowed to chew hard food..no nuts or gum. So glad my 10 year old has straight teeth. She had little gaps between her teeth till her molars erupt. I let her chew at least 30 minutes each day.

[@miguel_machado]

I ate steak really young. And my mom told I ate this rock hard bread with barely teeth on me. I have pretty long ramuses but I'm still not all that attractive.

[@zppp]

@@miguel_machado i ate alot of hard and chewy rye bread as a kid it was my favourite food, sadly i quit eating it around the time i was 7 or 8 for some reason...

[@liampenberthy1916]

I remember as a kid Dad would over cook steaks all the time, so they were tough and chewy and I would literally spend over and hour trying to chew it to break it down, I reckon that’s why I have dead straight teeth with no crowding and a decent jawline

[@liampenberthy1916]

Plus my obsession with hubba bubba (chewing gum) hahah

[@nifemialpine]

Facts

[@SilentAttackTV]

Lucky guy

[@aegyobot1923]

Slayer

[@PoliticallyDonutTasty]

Liam Penberthy Just realized being fed homemade beef jerky when I was little. Thanks to my parents.

[@robby7025]

I would suggest writing a cooking book geared towards the average person in society. A cooking book that has various foods in it and ways of preparations that would allow them to grow a good face. I think that the majority of the people once they understand that they can grow a more beautiful face as well as improve their health with it, they will quickly adopt it into their lifestyles. There are so many young people that do some form of physical activity in their lives because they know sedentary lifestyles are not all that healthy, they also want to look good, which is also a reason for working out.

[@robby7025]

Not true. The law of Wolfe states that bone remodels itself according to the load it has to bear. It does so continuously throughout our entire lives. The older we become the more difficult it is. Thats why we must start as early as possible with modeling the bone structure to be beautiful. When a mother breast feeds her baby that nipple has evolved in such a particular way that the baby's mouth and throat muscles are trained for proper function later in life. Breast feeding is an exercise for the baby that stresses the bone and muscles in the face and thus from that early stage the bone is already modeling itself to become beautiful. Astronauts in space have to work out all the time to compensate for lack of gravity. If they would not do that their bone structure would deteriorate too much and they would get osteoporosis. When we chew hard on food like our ancestors did we can grow the bone in our face to become more developed. Also there has never been a gene found for beauty, and never a gene for ugliness and they are probably never going to be found. Beauty and ugliness are the result of our environment. A person that has always had sufficient nutrients and absence of chronic stress is always going to be more beautiful than person who has had a lot of chronic stress and lack of nutrients in throughout their life regardless of the genes.

[@mrlahey2530]

Jerky, thick cuts of steak cooked medium rare, ribs, lightly steamed vegetables, nuts and seeds (after soaking and dehydrating to remove the phytic acid), natural gums like frankincense/mastica/resins, chewing sticks, and ensuring proper Vit A/D/K2 and Calcium is consumed. Literally everything that tastes amazing is going to be thrown out the window, considering soft and tender are typical qualities of great tasting food.

[@mrlahey2530]

La Rochelle - Fixing chewing habits and tongue posture will absolutely eliminate a lot of the disfigurement in people's faces. While there will be different skull shapes that either make or break attractiveness that cannot be avoided, those people will also have (near) perfect facial harmony within those parameters. So, someone may still be borreby faced, but at least their face will have grown properly.

[@robby7025]

Mr Lahey Are you insinuating I write that into a cooking book lol?

[@Orthotropics]

Robby your idea for a book is exactly what I was thinking.

[@TayTayChan]

Raw carrots, or even better raw broccoli if you're up for it. It is quite the jaw workout.

[@dreamcore]

the downsides of raw carrots include the vibrations chewing them causes that harm your brain But watching an LED clock display while chomping down on one is pretty fu n.. .

[@DemahClimb]

"vibrations" that cause harm to your brain? Come on... Sources please.

[@TayTayChan]

Robert, hadn't thought of that, I'll consciously observe the shock when eating one. Seems a little far-fetched to me, but if you're worried about it just try out the broccoli. It's pretty good if you make some sort of dip to go with it. I usually blend up some beans with a tomato. Healthy too.

[@TheNameIsFreddy]

Fucking meat you smartass

[@TayTayChan]

Tiger, I prefer to keep my arteries free from plaque, thank you very much. Have fun with your jaw gains when you're lying in the hospital at 60 after your umpteenth heart attack/stroke. You may get lucky, but why tempt the chances if there's no other benefits anyway?

[@draig8259]

Another good thing to note: due to most modern people's posture, the muscles at the back of our necks are over-developed and the ones in the front of our necks are underdeveloped; I would imagine that the muscles in the front (which are just below the jaw) affect jaw growth massively. If your lifestyle involves sitting with your neck forward a lot or you've developed a neck like this from bad habits in the past, I would highly recommend working your neck out by lying at the edge of a bed with your head hanging off, placing a weight on your forehead (I find that a medicine ball works very well) and lifting it up using your neck muscles. You'll properly develop your neck and you can really feel the results.

[@nickw.5249]

When those "back of the neck" muscles (splenius capitis?) and erector spinae are overdeveloped, it indicates longstanding tension due to chronic stress, even perhaps gut irritation (picture somebody nursing a belly ache, it's the same position). They also draw the body into that classic "hunched forward" posture. Your suggested exercise probably helps to tone the front-of-neck muscles, but would work best in complement with relaxing the back of the neck. see Kit Laughlin

[@GT-td9ni]

Yep I train my neck 5 times a week really high reps, and I’ve gained a little over an inch in 4 week. A big neck is a must have for aesthetics and fighters.

[@GT-td9ni]

Mr Rogers yes work up to 3 sets of 100 reps then add weight. Watch mike the machine Bruce and alpha destiny.

[@GT-td9ni]

Mr Rogers yeah it’s hard to start with but you could probably be at 3 sets of 100 in about two weeks if you do it everyday or atleast 3 times a week,

[@SilentAttackTV]

It's incredible how much bigger your neck will appear just after one workout. I just do high reps without added weight, but I guess lowers reps with weight would be best as long as you don't hurt your neck in any way.

[@LEDlightisNasty]

Beef jerky, this would have been a staple in hunter gatherer times as drying meat just helped to preserve it for times when food was not as abundent. I also notice many foods in nature require tongue and tooth dexterity. Growing up we chewed sunflower seeds called "spits" and we would break the pod with our teeth and pull out the seed with the tip of iur tongue then spit out the pod. Years of forraging wild foods has showed me that many foods in nature come with processing techniques like this to extract whats edible and toss the rest

[@attakullakullaoukonunaka4091]

water fallz Not a hard food, but something lile cherries require the same technique of chewing the flesh off the core and spitting it out.

[@LEDlightisNasty]

Attakullakulla Oukonunaka Yes I agree. I think Hard food IS important I also think our tongue is a muscle and if you think about training any muscle in the body you think about Force output(Strength) Mobility(Can it mobe through its full range of motion) and skill. Strength athletes are not always able to do what weaker more skilled athletes can and skilled athletes sometimes cant progress without becoming stronger. You want to have strength and mind muscle connection in a muscle so you can use that strength well. Things that require using the tongue and teeth with skillset and challenging your tongues ability to touch the top of the palate and move through its range of motion with skill would be more common in our hunter gathering past as well as chewing harder foods. Now I have a craving for beef jerky, sunflower seeds and cherries. :) have a good one

[@tigruana]

@@attakullakullaoukonunaka4091 cherries are not a natural occuring fruit, it's a man made hybrid, the fact that the technique we use in eating them it's because the fruit is similar to wild ancient fruits. Wild fruits that have a seed inside requires more effort to eat because they're not as juicy and soft as a cherry. And especially not as sweet, for a good reason.

[@nightuniverse8314]

beef jerky hurts my teeth and jaw...it's so tough. Idk what's wrong with me

[@jonatanlarsson8617]

Our ancestors chewed on resin as a form of chewing gum. Licorice root and dried mango are exceptionally tough and can be used as candy.

[@fine100]

If you want to have man boobs and low testosterone, then chew on Licorice.

[@theanicholaides4948]

Yes, licorice root. This is great to chew on. Sourced from Asian pharmacy ...

[@izwan8383]

The hard crust Baguette can be a start.

[@NanoMedia1]

Thanks a lot for your helpful videos. I have only been "mewing" for a couple days and it has already had a profound effect on my nasal breathing. I wasn't a mouth breather but I felt like my nasal passage were always constricted. Ever since putting my tongue to the roof of my mouth, it has actually made it so much easier to breath through my nose. The airways seemed to have opened up more. Thanks!

[@HitRealm]

Thank you so much for publishing this kind of stuff. I would have never known about this stuff if you hadn't made videos about it!

[@compulsoryevacuationdevice]

Corn on the cob is pretty good. The way that you eat it forces your jaw into alignment as you shear the kernals off. This is probably a motion that our ancestors did way more, before the invention of a fork and spoon. Utensils make your jaw go back. Another great "tough" food I like to eat are raw carrots. I can eat those all day. Finally, broccoli and green beans are god tier if you don't over cook them and they have a nice crunch. I make sure to eat as many hard vegetables as I can each day, and the supplement my calorie intake with potatoes, meat, cheese, fruit, etc. Those food groups aren't helping my jaw get exercise, but are still very healthy. I'm trying to cut out bread, cookies and crackers from my diet because it's absolutely awful for my teeth. And I'm a total candy addict, working on that as well. But the more I stick to the basic food groups and stay away from the processed stuff, the better I look. I would like to share with you the fact that I have been mewing for 3 years now. I've pretty much mastered the technique at this point and I am seeing insane results. When I was 17 I got my top wisdom teeth out (didn't have bottom ones) and my face got longer and thinner. With tongue posture, my maxilla has gained width and swung forward and up. This gives my face a shorter, wider, and more forward look. My jaw gains are also amazing. While there's still work to be done, it's ALMOST like I never got those damn teeth pulled. I totally didn't need that procedure as I have a pretty big face, decently straight teeth, and tons of room for those wisdom teeth to come in. They were not impacted and the surgery was unnecessary. At this point I just think about tongue posture and body posture all day long. I can sleep with my tongue on the roof of my mouth now. I'd say it's only a few nights a week that my mouth is open in the morning. I do the chin exercise and the leaning on the wall with your head exercise every day. Dr. Mew, if you would like to see the pictures of my progress, please let me know. The difference is very clear to me. I looked horrible a few years ago and I look much better now.

[@periteu]

1) Did you come to measure the change in any way? As for example, request a dental mold and measure the width and 3 years later, do it again? 2) ¿Did you come to try exercising your chewing muscles with hard chewing gum? 3) _At this point I just think about tongue posture and body posture all day long._ haha me too

[@operationleyenda6976]

Mike_Mercury yes I would like to see pictures

[@nilsgroen2198]

PLEASE i want to see the pictures!!

[@Pumpped]

Too bad corn is almost entirely contaminated with GMO..

[@eikoslamiad]

Yea just look at the jaws of some of the college wrestlers from the corn belt.

[@camilla8908]

You should check the book "Are you Crooked?" by Forrest Maready. It's about crooked smiles. He also has 2 hour youtube video about it on his youtube channel. I recommend watching it!

[@Orthotropics]

Can you put a link up, thanks M

[@camilla8908]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ap3JaZmanrpkh80 here!

[@jasonhewett9070]

@@Orthotropics I tried reading it but thought it was mostly nonsense. In complete contrast, his 'Moth and the Iron Lung' , the true story about Polio and insecticides and 'The Autism Vaccine' about the co'-incidence of the DPT vaccine and autism, were true excellent. I would li e to know your opinion excellent Dr Mew!!

[@gabriellameattray9778]

@@camilla8908 Dr. Mew when he realizes what the video is about: 👁👄👁

[@Canis_Fatalis]

It's bullshit

[@covadongadiazgarcia3533]

More raw vegetables. My husband said that he was tired in his mouth when we moved in together; he didn’t know what a salad was XDD I would also like to say that, although I practised Iyengars yoga and ballet, being treated by a chiropractor helped me to achieve a good position and awareness. I also got treated my face and mouth muscles/ joints. I got great relief: no more painful or “sandy” yawns, itchy palate, and a bit less off stuck nose or painful throat. Together with the right position I feel better in my body. Thanks for all of your work and effort, John. I know well it’s a very heavy weight to go against staples and to change them. I hope to keep on learning from you here.

[@Tombalino]

This man will change the world

[@nowayjose9786]

+Orthotropics - A difficulty I see with prioritising hard (chewing) foods is that in this modern age, we have chronic digestive issues in society which impacts general health and neurological functioning on many levels. Personally, I think people should just make more of an effort to chew their food before swallowing, improving both orthotropics AND digestion, and eating what they're body agrees with. I like your suggestion of chewing mastica gum after a meal. It'll clean the mouth, strengthen the muscles of the jaw and support Greece's economy all in one fell swoop :)

[@mahfuzurrashid9863]

Thanks a lot, Dr. Mike Mew. ❤️

[@bediha]

Steak steak steak :) and maybe sometimes dried meat snack as an high intensity interval training HIIT :) As a new carnivore myself, now I see that chewing steak 3 times a day is giving me a good facial excersize. Thank you for this greatinfo !

[@capriciousstoic2266]

Nut's & root vegetables ( raw carrots, raw celery, apples ) are the best introduction in modern diet someone can make. As the water content of nuts decreases by them being heated and dehidrated they become harder. ( wallnuts, peanuts , etc ). By eating a raw carrot every day & apples and having salats with big parts of vegetables in them ( meaning stop cutting them so fine ) you decrease the leverage of bite force and make you jaw muscle work harder. Another one try to eat toast bread in the morning ( bread that is dehidrated ). Hard biscuits also. Also by having smaller meals throw the day you engaje in mastication more often and have more total work/per day for jaws muscules. Stop if posible to juice and make blender juices from you fruits and vegetables - it's usefull for digestion and when you are in hurry - but if posible eat them not mecanicaly procceed. ( i myself eat juice in the morning but during the day and evening eat the fruit as it is ) . Avoid eating hard and very long cooked meats ( hard steaks in one big portion size ) as although they are harder to chew - they are hard to digest because of the proteins in them becoming more coagulated. Stick to hard vegetables and hard fruits and nuts.

[@oranges557]

No, you f*cking idiot. We need more animal products. We arent plant chompers. We a re highly carnivorous animals

[@lesserpar1s]

no.

[@francosaponara6760]

I will love to talk to you, my English is no perfect because i am from argentina but i like your work and say thanks to you , this is the most important knowledge someone gave to me

[@alexandermilleriii499]

MEW IS A FATHER!

[@TheCyberPie]

John is the father, Mike is the son, and orthotropics is the holy Spirit

[@robyns]

@@TheCyberPie lmao this comment made me spot my drink

[@kwakumadridista1916]

@@TheCyberPie Lmaooooo

[@DanteLikesRock]

Daddy Mew

[@gabriellameattray9778]

Why does seeing him with a child creep me out 🧐

[@antonv003]

My parents grew up in Kerala, India which is right below the western Ghats and by the sea (hence extremely fertile), at least 40 years ago, now deforestation. They moved to Doha, Qatar for work and I grew up here with an almost different diet and lifestyle. For eg. They used to walk over 5km to school, I was dropped in a car. After school they used to play I was in front of a computer (sitting). I wore shoes with slightly pointed toes and heavy padding. They walked barefoot or with shoes that had less padding. I grew up in the age of Colas and Pizzas and my parents tried really hard to keep unhealthy food at bay yet we had a lot of access. Anyway, I've noticed a few things: 1. Use of coconuts and coconut oil (healthy fats) 2. They used to eat a lot of hard stuff like dried coconut pieces, sugarcane, raw mangoes often biting the seed, Indian guava, Hog Plum, Cashew Fruit, Dried Tapioca, Boiled Raw banana, Taro, Indian Gooseberry, Yam (healthy food) 3. They walked barefoot a lot as opposed to being driven around (lack of exercise). Check out "The Foot Collective" and "Vivo Barefoot" on Instagram. 4. They mostly had Jaggery, no sugar (blood sugar problem) 5. They mostly resorted to a squatting position in the bathroom as opposed to a modern sitting position (poor posture) 6. The number of people wearing glasses today as opposed to back in the day 7. The number of people in my Qatar school classroom that had wore glasses (10-13 out of 23) as opposed to the number in my Bachelor Degree classroom in Chennai, India (4-5 out of 100. 2 of us from Qatar and UAE respectively). Other hard foods: 1. Sugarcane 2. Carrots 3. Apples 4. Nuts 5. Well Done Steaks My point is, in 2020, everything we do to make life "convenient" shows the grave effect on our health only after 20 or 30 years. Plus, anything that comes in a packet is bad for you. Just my thoughts.

[@guoabby]

Very interesting.. This is also how my mother grew up.. Much more activity and a better diet than we have.. Each following generation seems somehow more n more fragile.. Not as hardy at all as the generations before

[@CasualLaugh]

As a kid I loved watching Buds Bunny and eating raw carrots. This might be a solution if kids are stubborn about not eating veggies.

[@Always_has_been]

Nice work doctor!

[@psz90]

I completely agree with this video but I have to say that I think the gum chewing route is easier to sell to the general public. Changing diets is insanely difficult as we have tons of global food companies making nearly all softer and softer foods.

[@HelmHammerhandV]

Raw carrots and oat grain experiment here we go. Oat grain is softer than other raw grains (i.e. spelt) so it seems logical that it would not harm your teeth. My mom told me as a kid that my grandfather used to eat an ear of wheat grain occasionally during harvest seasons like chewing gum.

[@anuptv9727]

I have an allergy apparently of carbohydrates and that basically all the food. So long story short no doctors that i consulted gave me any remedies, hence i always had a runny nose and asthma like symptoms. Finally i took my problems onto my own hands and experrimented with lot of diets and finally found out it was these carbohydrates that I ate everyday, in every meal. ANd now after seeing your videos I understand all that allergic symptoms prompted me to breathe through my mouth 24x7 bcos of the freaking carbs i dumped into my body and now i have crooked teeth and elongated face. I wish best of luck for your effort bcos i have gained a lot comfort in knowing what i know now.

[@ccz5674]

I’m amazed that this is actually a thing! I thought I was alone and didn’t have any idea on where to start sharing these ideas, I’m glad I found this channel! What can I do to convince people that their tongue is in the wrong position?

[@karlo5967]

i like how this video is less formal and more relatable you can see he is not a robot just a normal man doing superhuman work to help the common man be beautiful again

[@nickw.5249]

Thanks Dr. Mew! Haribo gummy bears work nicely, although they contain citric acid so don't forget to brush it off. I follow Dr. Ray Peat's dietary suggestions, which don't emphasize tough-to-chew foods. It doesn't seem better in the long run to consume irritating foods just to grow the masseters, as those foods enhance the very stress that causes postural degradation which begins the cycle of cranio-facial dystrophy.

[@sefjung99]

Knowledgeable man!

[@userillusion86]

Someone did write a book on this. Dr Weston A. Price - Nutrition and Physical degeneration. He was a dentist who travelled to indigenous groups around the world and wondered why certain groups had perfect teeth and saw that they all ate mostly meat in their diet. It’s the most nutrient dense food on earth. I can’t believe Mike Mew hasn’t heard of this.

[@chadspro]

If you did your own research first you would actually know his father based Orthotropics around the ideologies of Weston Price decades ago.

[@userillusion86]

@@chadspro Good to know, thanks.

[@sdowen12]

Dr. Mew, I feel that a paleo diet is probably the best. Refined sugars and starches are very soft (see mashed potatoes and the like), and milk is very calorie and nutrient dense while obviously just being a liquid. I've been eating a lot of steak lately and this is obviously very chewy. Chicken is very soft. You can still eat chickens in a paleo diet, but I imagine the red meats are generally what our ancestors ate more of, or at least hunter gatherers. Bison and mammoths were mainstays for paleolithic man and the cow is probably the closest option we have to this. Therefore I think a diet of lots of steak, raw veggies like brocolli and carrots, onions, apples, pork chops, less ground meat, etc. is probably best

[@nector6535]

A couple of years ago, I was eating a very large amount of green vegetables such as lettuce and celery, and this took quite a lot of facial effort to consume. I remember my mouth getting tired during the first few weeks of doing this. This is how our early ancestors ate. 2 million years ago, our ancestors would spend on average 6 hours a day chewing and they had very well developed mouths.

[@Ania-qx9wy]

Our ancestors developed mainly on meat, not some salads... where would you find salad in the wild?

[@quanwashington1115]

@@Ania-qx9wy where do vegetables grow? Lmfao I can't believe you're suggesting plants (we were hunters AND gatherers) weren't found in the wild.

[@Ania-qx9wy]

@@quanwashington1115 ok, go for a walk to forest and find sth, which is not mushrooms or berries. Bring me some carrots and cabbage.

[@quanwashington1115]

@@Ania-qx9wy Let me break this down for you, okay. 1. He did not say our ancestors developed mainly on vegetables. 2. Carrots and lettuce were wild plants that we, through selective breeding, made into what they were today. Sure, if it still existed, I would go grab some proto-lettuce, which used to be a weed, right now 3. You misinterpreted what he was saying. He is comparing the facial effort of consuming those vegetables to how tough the things our ancestors ate. He's NOT saying our ancestors are vegetarians

[@oranges557]

Staple isotope DEFINETLY show, our ancestors were basically only eating meat. The "gatherer" part was waay smaller than people think.​@@quanwashington1115

[@krollic]

Hey, Doc. I've been chewing hard gum for a few months and the results have been great for my masseter and face (Open mouth chewing). What I've been neglecting for months though is my tongue chewing. Ever since I started working on that my mewing gains have picked up rapidly. Much easier to keep my tongue on the roof of the mouth all the time + extra force. I also expect that due to hypertrophy it has gotten wider/taller which I think helps encourage my inter molar width and palate height even more! cheers

[@ricorodriguez2761]

I always try to inform all people who seem to be unaware of the informations shared on this channel. ;) there are quite alot of them!!! He he 😬. very helpful content thank you for your effort.

[@monowavy]

same here.

[@bogroll_]

Same here, however most of them seem to think i'm talking crap and won't put the time in to actually watch the videos I link them to learn lol.

[@nictegki]

So interesting!

[@astroskyofficial]

Good job love this style dr mew!!!

[@acruxaf]

You here

[@pigeonhawk4832]

Raw beef tendon, raw beef shanks, seaweeds, especially kelp, wild duck, or any wild game birds, raw sweet potatoes, Granny Smith Apples, raw squid, clams and octopus, raw coconut, straight from the shell, raw sugar cane ( very chewy and fiberous) wild greens such as wild lettuce, Lambs Quarters, Wild Chickweed, stewing hens, ( better taste and texture than typical broiler chickens) and turkey legs cooked medium rare, raw corn on the cob, . All give a good jaw workout. Plus using full force when I chew and chewing with mouth open. This is how people traditionally ate. Plus, chewing a big wad of gum for several hours per day.

[@draig8259]

For anyone else interested in changing their diet, I'd recommend a lot of raw vegetables and nuts, and tough meat (it doesn't have to be jerky, but rarer steak is better for these purposes than more cooked).

[@SilentAttackTV]

I'm pretty sure higher testosterone changes the fat deposition in your face and the rest of your body. Which is probably why we find leaner-looking faces more attractive than chubby ones because on average leaner people have higher testosterone than fat people because bodyfat turns testosterone into estrogen through aromatization.

[@Orthotropics]

Radical Traditionalism, I like the idea but we need a clear idiot guide

[@tigruana]

@@SilentAttackTV it's actually insuline being always ON that makes you get so fat. And it's caused by high blood sugar( Sugar x_x) never giving a chance for your leptin to trigger the alarm that you getting fat.

[@mamaurax25]

No wonder I’m attractive. I chew with mad anger

[@connorsleftnut942]

But you’re still a virgin Ethan 😂

[@amankunwar5249]

Connor's Left Nut 😂😂

[@mamaurax25]

😂😂😂

[@cheryal198]

Lmao this was cute

[@smateonesubliminals800]

😂

[@arjuscarlet55555]

This is amazing.

[@claudefrancis9128]

He's a genius men I like his videos very knowledgeable and inspiring

[@moistandsquishy9925]

Very interesting - As a child, I could remember eating a lot of soft foods like rice porridge, over cooked soft vegetables, chicken ,and beef stew, but Occasionally, a nice tough pork-chop or steak. My jaw is decent, but I did had to get braces for my crooked teeth and my lower jaw was, and still is, forward protruding(an underbite), and that was never fixed btw. Also I could remember when I was 8-9 yrs old, I felt my teeth getting crooked by the weeks..

[@haluushi2753]

I love this doctor

[@monicatorres4686]

Yes what can I give my 3 yo kids to help start developing their facial muscles? Since seeing these videos I’ve came to notice that what I feed them is very soft 🤦‍♀️.. I saw carrots broccoli ( I don’t think they’ll eat those) but anything else? Beef jerky? I remember eating beef jerky and my jaw hurt for days!! 😢 Thank you Dr Mew! I’ve been in the dental field 1998 and I have just came across this fascinating I formation from my Brother..

[@smateonesubliminals800]

I will volunteer to write a book about this. 😆 I told a few people about mewing already ❤

[@cammy944]

Amazing!!

[@YannMetalhead]

Good video.

[@novski3175]

Great.. definitely after my braces gone.

[@John8-32EnglishFortheFamily]

Dear Dr Mike: through your videos I discovered that I have craniofacial distrophy. I've been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and Attention Deficit Disorder and have many difficulties at work. I fear I can be fired at any moment because of the so many errors that I make. My maxilla is long and recessed and my self esteem has always been crushed because of that. I've tried braces, did a couple orthognatic surgeries but I'm still not fully satisfied. I'm in dire need of help. I'm from far away Brazil though. If you can help me I leave everything behind me to get treatment. Congrats on your fabulous work. I'm one of your newest subscribers and admirers.

[@brynrietz1862]

I'm super into the paleo way and would love to start doing research into what foods are hare yet healthy to develop the face, I'm avoiding sauces and starting to cut smoothies

[@Yvkes]

First thing that comes to my mind concerning "hard chewing" is raw vegan diet. When I had raw vegan meals I was chewing endlessly to get the fresh stuff small enough to swallow it (even if it was cut into small pieces). Markus Rothkranz would be maybe interesting to consult on that matter.

[@pbh7393]

Markus is a sellout and money grabber

[@oranges557]

Vegan diet is trash, we arent plant chompers.

[@ben14pt12]

I feel like sitting straight when chewing is incredibly important in training the jaws to work at their maximum strength. There is higher amount of leverage and I feel that it helps with forward growth of the jaws because if someone chews with poor posture, the force of chewing is perhaps transferred throughout the face inadvertently causing downward growth due to the force of chewing affecting the back of the head and not the midface as much. Something I have been thinking about lately

[@andriybilan4047]

somehow I doubt it that our ancestors were so strict about having great posture, especially when eating. Although I agree that it is beneficial.

[@niggagaming249]

That makes no sense, the jaw muscles work along the same planes doesn’t matter what posture you are in.

[@NoRockinMansLand]

​@@niggagaming249 hush

[@AManWithaWoodenleg2]

Mike, look up a book called “Deep Nutrition” by Cathrine Shanahan. I think your ideas would resonate with her quite well.

[@Orthotropics]

I have thumbed through it but it was all about types of foods and what is in them. Yes this is all well covered, I am looking for something else

[@gqedpbeicq]

Life is life. - Dr. Mike Mew

[@wildbeast1016]

best doctor ever

[@williamburnette588]

Dried mango slices! Lots of chewing required, but they taste amazing

[@melissa-ur7kl]

Dr Mew you really need to check out Ty Bollingers work. He has a massive conference yearly, the greatest doctors and scientists of our time gather there. Your work is a desperately needed piece of the puzzle.

[@Adamkww]

You're a good man mew 🙂👍

[@topangel101]

My family is from Haiti and all my parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles have perfectly straight teeth. My mom said she used to chew on a low of sugar cane growing up. They also would chew on bones when eating meat to suck the juice out in my culture. So the tough diet makes sense!

[@dicemm5544]

I live in Greece, and one of our classic breakfasts and snacks are Κουλουρια and they are quite tough to chew, tougher than bread and they are simple and very cheap. Once I followed your advice on chewing properly, chewing till it becomes mush, I found I chewed *alot* on a single, normal bite I'd take, easily chewing for 30seconds, maybe more, and even then it would still have some small pieces still somewhat chewed. But I also found that now they are more filling. If you chew only for like 5-6 times, maybe 10, and you gloop them down, you can easily eat 4-6 of them and feel like you just ate tasty air. They aren't filling, but they still have loads of carbs, as you can imagine. And guess what else? Chewing them like I did before, without turning them to mush, maybe jaw hurt, not the lower part, but the connection of the jaw and the skull, it'd hurt like mad, it'd hurt like muscle was bear torn, and I kinda think it was tbh. But now the pain is gone, they are more filling and I think alot of diets need to focus on harder food that you *have* to chew more.

[@andrewpepperoni197]

How do you spell it In Latin alphabet?

[@MsTanmoi]

Visionary

[@hannanshah]

The Dental Diet by Dr Steven Lin is a book that I would recommend

[@luisislas2162]

Sugar cane, pork rinds from Hispanic stores (thick meaty stuff), root veggies like jicama and radish...

[@NanoMedia1]

I also have a question: Do you think that a weak/recessed chin is a means to compensate for forward head posture? Just from my observations, it seems that if someone has a chronic forward head posture, a forward growing face would put more strain on the neck and create more imbalance so instead it creates a flatter face to reduce the moment arm created by gravity. Just a thought.

[@Rob46373]

I was with my mouth open when I saw this in my reccomandation I istantly started to mew.

[@cheet0bomb55]

"just eat rocks bro"

[@angelaanaconda55]

Dr. Mew I think you should cover how Snapchat filters automatically shorten the face and make the face wider, with better horizontal lenght and cheekbones. And now theirs an obsession with plastic surgery for people to look like what they look like on these filters! Very relevant. I noticed while playing around with these filters that it made my face so much nicer, upon further examination I noticed what it was doing, it was giving me a " Mewed" version of my face!

[@Orthotropics]

BluGyal thanks, facinatig

[@Gergo049]

Last time I tried to make flatbread it turned out so tough that by the time I was done with it I felt like I gave my chewing muscles a proper workout. I didn't even know it was possible, but it felt just like any other muscle after lifting weights.

[@periteu]

3:29 - hahaha Since I come across the hardness factor, I remove soaked oats. Breakfast - 25 grams of pecans (soaked during the night before) - 20 grams of chía seed (soaked during the night before) - 2.5 tablespoons of extra virgin coconut oil - 200 grams of mango or/and banana Lunch - 270 grams of frozen chopped spinach (steamed) - 130 grams of Oaxaca cheese (semi-hard texture) - 30 grams of pecans (soaked during the night before) - 40 grams of corn tortilla with nopal Dinner - 270 grams of frozen chopped spinach (steamed) - 130 grams of Oaxaca cheese (semi-hard texture) - 30 grams of pecans (soaked during the night before) - 40 grams of corn tortilla with nopal The factors that I look for for my diet are: 1) The preparation time 2) The hardness 3) Necessary amount of energy/nutrients

[@caffacaff]

Hello, I am a new subscriber. I have watched a number of your videos but haven't got through them all yet. Most I've watched have talked about strengthening the outer and inner U with posture, chewing and tongue exercises. I understand this can help prevent a longer face when developing and balance asymetrical faces and define the jaw. I however have a shorter wider face. I am female. I feel my mouth and chin are asymetric though and in fact would look better if my chin was a bit narrower or longer, I don't want to widen my jaw area,my face shape is like a roundish square (as opposed to a sharp obvious square)but rather define my cheeks and improve the symmetry. Should i still chew lots in this case? I had braces when I was a late teen to young adult, I didn't wear my retainer as often I should've, only initially for a period at first. I feel my lower teeth don't meet in the middle of my upper, very slightly off and wonder is this why one side of my mouth and chin are a bit asymetric. At rest I try to keep my tongue on my palette but it's hard to do with my teeth closed, my tongue seems wider than my teeth are. I would appreciate any advice. Thanks.

[@leonardogottgtroy938]

I'm not a specialist as you are, but I suggest beans and nuts. They are all extremelly healthy and tough. Peanuts, beans, Brazilian nuts, etc. Meats can be quite hard to chew as well, depending on how long you cook it.

[@AJRWilde]

if beans and nuts are tough they are undercooked or in the case of nuts old and probably rancid, chewy meat is overcooked; all of these things will lead to digestive issues - eating undercooked beans particularly will give you painful trapped wind (Christ why are there so many retarded people on this thread??)

[@leonardogottgtroy938]

A. J. R. Wilde Never heard of people cooking Peanuts and Brazilian nuts. Interesting. Beans are hard enought for CHILDREN to chew, even cooked properly. Nuts are only hard when old and rancid? You cant even buy them past fresh state and they get SOFTER when old because of oxigenation and decomposion. Digestive issues... only of you have a weak system. What do you think children ate 600000 years ago? Sad to see someone so badly informed and toxic in such a innocent thread. Maybe you should find a psychologist, for I believe you have a old and rancid brain. Perhaps you brain was "undercooked" in you mother's womb. Hope you "grow" better and don't "chew" too hard on your anger. Hahahahahahah

[@TheInsaiyan]

Im gonna teach my little cousins to chew like adults and advise their parents (my uncles and such) to give them whole foods and nothing soft other than non caloric drinks. So they don't have to endure the BS of a weak and regressive up bringing, that forms flat and regressive/downwards growth of the face caused my modern society.

[@annmalik4897]

I guess if we start eating with our hands rather then utensils like our ancestors did that wod help as well

[@GizelleSchaffnerr]

ann malik lol

[@annmalik4897]

gizy gizy I am serious as long as our hands are clean

[@facehacking]

no....

[@mirsolis4992]

Orthodontic history shows a link between tooth malocclusion and the popularization of eating utensils like chopsticks and forks so you aren't entirely wrong.

[@thechallenge293]

You still can use the fork but don't make too small pieces of your food. Make pieces that you can chew.

[@grootiam8901]

What about tugging on clothe or some type of fibrous fabric. Our teeth were used for tearing and pulling pieces of food in the past, in addition to chewing tougher foods. What do you think about the idea that this was helping pull the maxilla and mandible as well as our teeth away form our face and therefore contribute to horizontal growth?

[@voluntarism335]

His girls will become giga stacies

[@michaelmcgurk4163]

Thank I never mouth breathed, had bad posture, and was born some good features

[@CrimsonMoonchild]

When I was a child (I'm 30 now) and my adult teeth started to grow, there wasn't enough space for them in my mouth so they were crooked. A local dentist told my mom to buy me tough gums, so I was chewing them - I think one per day. Now I have VERY straight teeth many years passed since I was chewing these hard gums and I was asked TWICE by different dentists if I was wearing dental braces because my teeth are so straight. My sister on the other hand never wanted to chew anything tough, she was even leaving bread crumbs, eating only the soft part of a sandwich... now her teeth are crooked.

[@jellygorilla-3200]

Wow that's very inspiring story, my teeth are crooked but only the two front teeth. Do you believe chewing will lead to straight teeth?

[@sheikh_in_Vr]

@@jellygorilla-3200 same

[@jellygorilla-3200]

@@sheikh_in_Vr I've since gotten braces. I refused to have the rubber bands though, where they align your bite. I just told them I wanted my teeth straight. I had a slight over bite, so slight only dentist would know about it. Incase you were wondering 2 yrs later👍

[@jacintakeeble1225]

I would like the answer to this question too. All I can think of at the moment is beef jerky

[@mistersir3020]

Chewing tip: use chewing gum of the Turkish brand Falim. It's hard, sugarless and tasteless. You can reuse it for days because it has no taste but also doesn't taste bad after chewing on it for a few hours. It only has a slightly aromatic smell. Every city with a sizable Turkish neighborhood will have a local supermarket where you won't be able to miss the blue-and-gold package with FALIM in big letters on it. Choose the package without mint leaves, strawberries or the like on it obviously.

[@markb5403]

Yes, I've been chewing it for the last month and my muscles are showing in my side profile. I noticed if I chew for too long though my temples swell out like golf balls, and I've no idea why.

[@rajbagdha5974]

@@markb5403 overactive temporalii

[@aleksandarmijatovic7805]

Dont let them avoid eating crust from a bread

[@user-sk4bn8ge3u]

To sam ja radio 😔

[@tigruana]

I have grown my maseter muscles so sharp in less than 2 months, wen I chewed gum with paper towel, kudos to astrokid for this tip. At first week my jaw muscles were hurting so bad when opening mouth :)) totally worth it

[@guoabby]

Gum and a paper towel.. Or you mean just by chewing gum??

[@cesaravalost7247]

Started Mewing December 2018 at age 41. Today, 1 year later, I had someone who sees me daily say that my face is changing, specifically my jaw getting wider and cheekbones. I started with tongue posture in Dec, in February I incorporates chewing hard gum, in April stretches for forward head. I do a little tongue chewing with the gum, but need to do a lot more.

[@cesaravalost7247]

Stopped chewing hard gum and the gains went away. I picked it back up one week ago. My tongue posture is good. I’m nearly 3 years ito to it; no significant changes. I’ve been working on body posture for this same amount of time...change is slow.

[@longdepzai3540]

@@cesaravalost7247 thank you for your update

[@KaysianReigns]

Haha I liked this video, you showed more humor. Here's two questions that I do 't think are irrelevant. How far back are we talking in terms of ancestors and what did they eat in that time before food became easier to chomp down on?

[@lucifersweet7647]

63,997,000 years roughly.

[@ooweh]

I'm late to this conversation. I come from a family that enjoys chewing on bones. We all have pretty good face structure!

[@gilsonandsabrinaoliveira1737]

You need to do vídeos analysing famous people faces nas give them advisings on how to improve

[@simpleman7203]

Peanuts is perfect for me. Those are quite tough and have huge amount of protein which is essential for our muscles (including jaw muscles). Also nuta in general are very rich with good fats. Fat is actually needed for our testosterone which is also very important for good jaw, I suppose.

[@fab3439]

interesting!!

[@tetashome]

i remember in a video where you showed a picture of the optimal intermolar width and said something along the lines of "its very rare and you usually find these people in low socioeconomic backgrounds like from asia" but it in asia all they eat is a heavy rice diet with no meat I grew up on rice and I have all my wisdom teeth in perfect working order infact, all 4 of my wisdom teeth errupted at around the age of 14-15, when I eat 2000 calories from rice its about over 1k (cooked weight) of rice.. personally I timed myself eating my huge bowls of rice and it took around 20 minutes because i also have the habit to grind it to a paste

[@lucifersweet7647]

People in the east don't really have great big jaws lines, in fact if you look at korean models they have very small heads.

[@tetashome]

Lucifer Sweet yeah thats true, but thats the westernized east, where they have adopted an american style diet. (Eg. Mainland china, and south korea). Im talking about those asian populations who are very poor, hence their staple food is rice, because of its price and availability. Eg rural vietnam, phillipines, parts of thailand

[@Topgqrst]

For food: Steak.. nutritious biocompatible and the REAL superfood. For Mad Chewing Exercise: Raw Mastic Gum Resin, very tough.

[@melissa-ur7kl]

You need to look at cranial nerve damage from aluminum, Dr Chris Exley has excellent videos on this. It’s one of the biggest changes in the last 50 years. Our kids are being harmed and this issue needs to be addressed.

[@Anonymous-gy1ub]

Almonds, coconut, carrots, apples, radishes and natural hard gum

[@maxamillion2140]

I wish you could get on Joe Rogan or Tim Ferris, your work is absolutely amazing and I think that the world needs to focus more on these things.

[@agwinmoore]

I love Mew!

[@jeffjackson5850]

The dental industry is suing him because if mewing and or that topics was mainstream orthodontists would become nearly obsolete

[@IamKelly-anne]

Can you please advise on the bet mastic gum and where to buy it please…

[@zaidgull9108]

What do u think about open mouth chewing would love to hear what are your thoughts on it I noticed u also chew with your mouth open rather then keeping it close does it matter ?