Saluda, NC -- Here's some heart wrenching news for President Bill Clinton: A nutritionist believes if he had simply chewed his food more, among other things, he might have avoided bypass surgery.

Sandy Pukel is a proponent of the macrobiotic diet which he says emphasizes that folks thoroughly chew their food before swallowing.

He says chewing until the food turns to liquid in the mouth prevents overeating and results in better digestion. Pukel says if you don't chew, "globs go into the body and create a blockage in the intestines, and the blockage results in heart attacks."

Pukel is also high on whole grains, fruits and vegetables and fermented foods like miso, which has been aged for two years, because the live bacteria improves bowel elimination "100 percent, money back guarantee," he says.

Pukel claims the diet can also beat cancers and as he puts it, "we want more playmates out there."

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