The energy boost is something outstanding, for sure. I'm happy that your flow is coming together this week with it. After awhile of IF, I just didn't feel like I even wanted to touch food all the time. It seriously ages the body and slows you down.
The antiaging is very crazy. I have very young skin from how I have been re-assembling myself strategically and I know that because of the way I can heal for long periods of time while not being bogged down with constantly digesting food, it's incredible what I can do. My quadrupeds are very youthful as well. No one believes me when I tell them how old we are.
As for the chewing, yes, it is a lot to chew like that. I was primarily doing it to help myself not have so many drains on my energy while healing and having had to have taken the strongest chemo meds they make for my 2nd bout (having dealt with it naturopathically the 1st).
I had learned about people who had limited access to food and who needed to make it as efficient as possible. One of the accounts I'd read about was someone who was only able to eat sweet potatoes for many years. His willingness to chew it to a liquid prior to swallowing is something they say kept him in health.