Biting your
tongue or cheek when chewing can ruin a tasty meal. But thankfully, mouth wounds
heal up fast —
faster than cuts on skin — and now scientists know why. According to new research published today in Science Translational Medicine, mouths are primed for healing.If you get fat, so does your tongue! The human tongue has a high percentage of fat, and there is a correlation between tongue fat volume and obesity. A study in the journal Sleep showed that having a larger tongue with higher levels of fat might be a risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea (a serious sleep disorder in which a person repeatedly stops and starts breathing while sleeping) in obese adults.
