Healthy Benefits of Chewing Gum...

Quotes from Dr. Frank Lawlis and the Dr. Phil Show

"Chewing sugarless gum really will help your breathing and open up your frontal areas, that will actually convert your air to better enrichment for your brain," Dr. Lawlis explains.
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"The worst thing you can do to your brain is feed it sugar in the morning," he warns, throwing the teens packs of sugarless gum. "If you chew this gum, it will also make you smarter."
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Katrina says she’s passing all of her classes with As and Bs also. "I like when we would chew the gum. Somehow, it would keep me focused," she tells Dr. Phil.
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Additional Quotes

"Chewing gum can improve memory, say UK psychologists. They found that people who chewed throughout tests of both long-term and short-term memory produced significantly better scores than people who did not."
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"In the last several years, several small studies seem to indicate that chewing gum can help reduce stress and improve short- and long-term memory."

"One study out of the University of Northumbria on 75 healthy volunteers found the improvement was present even when the gum was sugar-free."
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"chewing gum’s sole purpose is not only to prevent cavities, but also to help to exercise your memory."

"Tests given to volunteers found that an amazing increase in brain activity occurred in the hippocampus from those who were chewing gum. The hippocampus is the part of your brain which is responsible for spatial intelligence and visual memory."

"The researchers therefore deduced that chewing gum may help prevent memory loss due to old-age."

"chewing gum could actually increase our cognitive abilities", suggest the researchers. Another study conducted in the Netherlands appears to come to the same conclusions."

"Chewing gum manufacturers have not yet gained access to this information, but when they do, they will definitely take these Japanese findings more seriously once the theories are properly ascertained…"
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"studies suggest that the rhythmic action of chewing gum can actually help relieve everyday stresses by getting rid of nervous energy and can help improve focus, concentration and alertness."

"actually stimulates areas of the brain helping potentially to reduce stress levels. Research by Elaine Wilmore, an associate professor at Texas University also suggests that chewing gum may calm down students and help to raise their test scores."

"Research has revealed that chewing gum can improve the memory of healthy individuals. The act of chewing gum can increase blood flow to the brain by up to 25% delivering much needed protein hemoglobin to the grey matter which has been shown to contribute to memory improvements."
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"If you want to seriously improve your memory up to 28%,"

"To access your memory and concentration – become a master-learner …Chew Gum. What happens is that the act of chewing speeds up your heartbeat and blood pressure just enough to wake up both left-and right hemispheres to get 'in-sync', to work together."

"The original research began in 2001 and made it to the major-leagues in the following year at the University of Northumbria in Great Britain."

"The results were revealing – the gum chewers doubled the scores of those who did nothing but keep their jaws shut."
Forget What You Heard in School, Chewing Gum Activates Your Brain By H. Bernard Wechsler