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If the epiglottis closes when we eat how come we can eat food with our mouth closed, how can we breathe then. Obviously this can be done so I'm missing something. Please help Thanks 
Thanks.Overthinking as usual by meYou dont breathe when you swallow.
I have unwillingly tried this many times and doing both at the same time leads to (near) choking. I am obviously still alive, so one might claim that "it worked" but I guess this is due to the two processes somehow organising themselves sequentially after a bit of a "bottleneck" (the choking).You dont breathe when you swallow.
Definitely true. They'd suffocate while breastfeeding otherwise.My daughter's pediatrician told me that infants can breathe and swallow at the same time, up to about 6 months of age.
I'd be more than happy to volunteer as a test subject for that.Definitely true. They'd suffocate while breastfeeding otherwise.