Wrigleys Extra Spearmint Sugarfree Chewing Gum Box Of 10 x 15 Stick Packs

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This is because xylitol prevents the growth of the bacteria that cause tooth decay and bad breath ( 39, 40). examined whether chewing gum is a useful addition to traditional medical treatment of patients with mild to moderate depression and indicated that while chewing gum is not directly effective for elevating a depressed mood, it may reduce the symptoms originating from depression. For example, Zibell and Madansky [ 28] investigated whether chewing gum affects perceived levels of everyday stress among subjects who regularly chew gum or among subjects who do not usually chew gum. A study done at Shiraz University compared people who chewed gum for 30, 60, and 120 minutes per day.

However, on 31 January 2010, the Government of Canada's final assessment concluded that exposure to vinyl acetate is not considered to be harmful to human health.However, because chewing gum helps increase saliva, if a person goes for sugar-free gum after each meal, the saliva it creates can help to wash away acids found in food that can break down tooth enamel and cause cavities, according to the American Dental Association. In Nigeria, about 80-90 percent of the population in rural areas use chewing sticks, mainly because they are readily available, cheap and efficacious.

Psychosocial stress is associated with an increased chewing frequency and decreased appetite [ 136].An analysis of stress-coping strategies in patients with sleep bruxism compared to nonbruxing controls indicated that sleep bruxism patients utilize significantly fewer positive coping strategies such as escape [ 118, 122]. Further, adult offspring of dams exposed to prenatal stress exhibited impaired learning and decreased cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus, which was attenuated by allowing the dams to chew on a wooden stick during exposure to prenatal stress.

Together, these observations suggest a particularly important role for the right mPFC in stress-coping behavior. Today, you’ll find a variety of chewing sticks, Fagara zanthoxyloides (candlewood or Senegal prickly ash/orin ata in Yoruba), Vernonia amygdalina (bitter leaf) and Massularia accuminata (chewing stick (pako ijebu in Yoruba/atu uhie in Igbo), all claiming to treat or cure mouth conditions. The stickiness of gum results from this hydrophobic nature, as gum can form bonds and stick when it makes contact with oily surfaces [2] such as sidewalks, skin, hair, or the sole of one's shoe.

Encapsulated flavors remain incorporated in the gum base longer because the molecules that they are encapsulated in are more easily held within the gum matrix. Ingredients to look for when purchasing gum are aspartame, sorbitol, or mannitol, or people can look for packaging that has the ADA seal of approval on the front.