Chew on this: Gum may be good for body, mind

Baack · Apr 24, 2009

Those things are all good, but maybe you should try chomping on a stick of sugar-free gum.
At least that's what research funded by the Wrigley Science Institute and being presented at the Experimental Biology 2009 meeting this week may have you think. The data are part of a growing body of research that is giving Americans more reasons to pop some gum in their mouths and chew away.
One line of research suggests that gum should no longer be treated as contraband in schools. This newest study indicates that chewing gum can lead to better academic performance.
Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine took 108 eighth-grade math students from a Houston, Texas, charter school and divided them into two groups, following them for 14 weeks. One group chewed gum while doing homework and during test-taking situations. The other group did not chew gum at all.
The results were surprising. The gum-chewing students had a 3 percent increase in their standardized math test scores compared with those who did not chew gum. Also, the students who chewed gum had better final grades compared with the non-chompers.
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/22/chewing.gum.benefits/index.html

crazy cat · Jun 1, 2009

Interesting data.
Thank you.

dieselbear · Jun 1, 2009

I tried this years ago in school, execpt my teacher used to give me detention for not listening. I always had gum in my mouth and now the study says we should have been doing it the whole time. Go figure.

crazy cat · Jun 1, 2009

That must have been a frustrating time!!!
It's not too late to start. Just stay away from the aspertine.
Ha Ha.

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