Do you like chewing gum?
By careguarden
@careguarden (5670)
Philippines
September 30, 2009 8:04am CST
I like chewing gum when I'm traveling, especially when I'm on plane and it makes my breath fresh. And I had read an article that chewing gum has lots of healthy benefits like it can improve memory, the act of chewing or moving our jaw improves memory. The activity in the area of our brain that is important for the memory increases while people chew. Aside from that chewing gum reduces the symptoms of stress, help to manage weight, improves digestion and many more.
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5 responses
@jodylee_04530 (1097)
• United States
30 Sep 09
I had no idea that there were benefits to brain power by chewing gum. I do love gum and use it to control my terrible smoking habit. I also use it to manage my weight. I personally like orbit whitening gum because it may help my teeth be pearly white.
@careguarden (5670)
• Philippines
1 Oct 09
Yeah you're right chewing gum can assist you to stop and minimize your smoking habit. Chewing gum is also good in losing weight, they said that 5-10 stick of sugarless gum can help fight off calorie cravings, burn calories and raise your metabolic rate. When it comes to brain power it improves and stimulate in the brain in the areas of concentration, memories and focus. By increasing your heart rate and blood pressure it will carry extra oxygen to the brain and stimulate the right and left hemispheres to work together.
Improve the ability and retrieve information. It's been measured by an EEG that chewing gum stimulates the brain in the areas that are responsible for memory thus making it easier for to retrieve and recall information and retain it.
This was taken from article that I read, hope this will help you.
Anyway thank you for sharing with us and have a great day!
@jodylee_04530 (1097)
• United States
1 Oct 09
I had no idea about the oxygen making the brain hemispheres work better together. Is that what makes oxygen bars popular?
@careguarden (5670)
• Philippines
1 Oct 09
I think so, since as I've known that one of the health benefits of oxygen bar is it will quickly heightens our concentration and mental alertness since it also give us more energy.
Have a great day!
@embattledsparkle (1072)
• United States
1 Oct 09
I knew that there was some benefits to chewing gum but I didn't know that there was so many. that's really neat. I do like chewing gum. I haven't for a while but I do have some in the cupboard. I need to put it in my purse so I remember to chew and can get the benefits you listed in the discussion.
@careguarden (5670)
• Philippines
1 Oct 09
Yeah, there's a lot more benefits of chewing gum, as long as you use the sugarless. There's a lot of people who have this old misconception about chewing gum. I used to have chewing gum on my purse.
Anyway, thank you for sharing with us and have a great day!
@shia88 (4570)
• Malaysia
30 Sep 09
HI careguarden,
Thanks for letting me know that chewing gums have so many healthy benefits to our life.
I don't like chewing gums and I hardly have chewing gums.Only once in a blue moon,I will have it for fun.
Since I was a little kid, I don't like to eat sweets,titbits,chewing gums.That is why till now after I grow up, I am not a sweets lover.
@careguarden (5670)
• Philippines
1 Oct 09
Oh, I was surprised that you don't like chewing gum ever since you're kid. When I was a kid I love chewing gum, especially with those different colors. My siblings love it as well. It was my dad who used to have it because he was smoking and chewing gum helps him smoke less. You must have a real good teeth, huh! I love sweeeeeeets!
Anyway thank you for sharing with us shia, and enjoy your day!
@wangjihong350 (887)
• China
1 Oct 09
I would also like to chew gum
Chewing gum can exercise facial muscles, the muscles flexible enough, facial skin will look more shiny.
Chewing gum can make gums more stable, as they say, the late teeth, which are seldom occur.
Chewing gum can make fresh breath, this should be a lot of people's general awareness of chewing gum.
@ayebelle (367)
• Philippines
30 Sep 09
chewing gum has lots of health benefits? I dont think so, cus what i know, there is more possibility of having a bad breath for having chewing gum, Its more better if you just drink water. than to chew a gum.
@careguarden (5670)
• Philippines
1 Oct 09
The popular perception is that chewing is bad for the teeth. However, many dentist believe that chewing a sugarless gum after meals actually has health benefits. The benefits arise from the fact that tooth decay occurs when essential minerals are dissolve from the tooth enamel by acids produced by the bacteria in plaque. Teeth are at their most vulnerable directly after meals and snacks, when plaque acid levels arise dramatically.
Normally it can take up two hours for these acids to be either flushed away or neutralized, during which time the teeth are under attack. This is why people are extolled to eat something crispy like an apple immediately after meals.
However chewing gum removes this acids within minutes, thus slowing down the process of tooth decay. One reason for this is that chewing gum can stimulate saliva production up to ten-fold, thus flushing our oral bacteria.
This was taken from BBC.COM.UK
I hope this could give you some information regarding this matter.
Thank you and have a great day!
