It only restrics the size of the food that can pass through, which means if you are a patient glutton who masticates and drinks plenty of water while you are masticating you can effectively bypass the restriction.
I know this from personal experience.
That and i wanted to use the term “Masticate” which means chew a few times because it is a funny sounding term that sounds like something else a previous surgeon general endorsed.
Ah, masticate. So, in other words, your vision is fine.