Chewing Gum for Weight Loss?

Does gum curb my cravings? Absolutely not! Wouldn't it be nice if it did though?

With such a small sample group, it doesn't seem likely that the findings of this study would actually be accurate. JMHO

On the contrary! Every time I chew gum I get hungry. Maybe because my stomach expects something to eat? Maybe because the gum enhances the production of saliva?

Gum's a life-saver for me when I'm on vacation, especially when my parents and friends want to hit a buffet! I eat my one plate of food and pop a piece of gum in my mouth. It occupies me so I don't feel the need to shovel food in my face as everybody gets up a second and/or third time for food. In social settings, I sometimes feel the need to chew with everybody else, so instead of it being food, it's gum. I consume fewer calories because of it.

Now when I'm at home, I just don't chew gum; I rather hit the bottle (of water that is!).

I would say that my gum chewing habit has helped me a LOT! Now whenever I finish a meal, popping something minty in my mouth signals to my brain that I'm done, and when I'm chewing gum I don't get the boredom-hunger pangs that I used to. I do chew a lot of gum - in fact, I only take it out when it's time to eat - and it's helped me lose a considerable amount of weight. Even better, at my last dental appointment, the dentist (who also happens to be my father) told me my teeth looked the best they ever had even after six months without a cleaning... the sugarfree gum actually helps your teeth by keeping bacteria from settling on them. I FULLY support this article!

There is something to chewing, I am not exactly sure what, but it is an important part to feeling satiated.

A little more than a year ago, I had surgery on my mouth. I could not chew food for almost 2 weeks. Consequently, I never felt satisfied with what I was eating. Even soft foods that are very flavorful tasted bland in my mouth because I could not chew it to obtain the full benefit of the flavor. I ended up eating more than I wanted and felt hungry much of the time.

I am not saying that chewing gum will work, but I am not going to say that it won't. I believe more research should be done in this area and should be more scientific. I think I will do my own personal experiment and go out and buy a pack of gum. See how it goes.

there are few things as unpleasant as listening to someone chew gum. It's a real pet hate of mine. So I really hope it isn't true otherwise I'll need to invest in earplugs.

gum does help me personally when I'm bored and just want flavor but not really hungry. I can chew instead of eat. but that has to be a deliberate decision-it's not like I just add gum and it takes off weight. but I suspect this varies from person to person

Chewing gum does take my mind off eating for the most part but has other benefits as well. Some sugar free gums have a great taste to them so this aids your tasts buds so you don't have to always eat the best and sweetest foods. Gum is awesome for eating healthy.

I have some concerns that chewing gum might exacerbate TMJ dysfunction.

My personal experience - when I was chewing a lot of gum, I had increased cravings for sugar. I did an experiment on myself (documented on my blog) in which I eliminated all refined sugar for a month....this included sugar alcohols, which are found in gum and protein bars. Amazingly (well, not so amazing to me because I got off the sugar), I lost all physical cravings for sugar. I sometimes had emotional cravings, but not physical sugar cravings. Life is peaceful without the sugar cravings. ;)

I've tried gum before and it did help a bit when it came to controlling hunger. However, the slight benefit was not worth the effort it took to buy, keep and chew gum on those occasions when I wanted a small snack. I'd rather keep some fruit around instead. Higher effort but much higher return.

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I chew gum occasionally to deal with my emotional eating from boredom or stress. Sometimes I just need to chew something! However, the artificial sweeteners tend to upset my stomach, so I can't do this too often.

I used to chew gum practically all day in high school, and my TMJ got really bad. I had to get braces my senior year anyway (not because of gum chewing) but I found that once I stopped chewing gum, the pain subsided greatly.

I noticed on the first episode of The Biggest Loser this season, they promoted Extra gum to all the contestants as a replacement for boredom eating. It was an obvious product placement, too.

Okay, feel free to disagree, but I read you shouldn't chew gym because then you swallow air and become bloated.

I dunno, I got nuttin.

I TOTALLY do the gum thing. It helps me not snack between meals. HOWEVER, my jaw is messed up and chewing gum makes it worse. :( So thus, my favorite weapon to fight eating snacks when I wasn't actually hungry, doesn't work anymore.

I chew gum between meals to keep my mouth busy. I have sort of an oral fixation problem...my mouth likes to be busy, so if I'm not chewing gum, I'd be eating or snacking. I don't chew a ton of it though...maybe a piece or two a day, max.

According to the post at this link, the negative side effects of gum chewing far outweigh any potential positive effects (including weight loss)...
http://www.myndfood.com/2007/07/bubble-gum.html

It works just because of creating a feeling that you eat something. That's no doubt.

I actually find that chewing gum does curb my cravings.
I don't really need it to help me avoid eating sweet things though, as a I don't eat refined sugar.
But I find that if I want to snack but I have a piece of chewing gum in my mouth I'm less likely to bother getting the food than if I didn't have the chewing gum, especially if the gum is fresh and I don't want to waste a piece that I've just started chewing

However, now that I have given up foods high in refined sugars I find that fruit is just as tasty as sweets and other sugary foods
If I want something sweet, I have an apple
I have to control myself though, if I ate all of the fruit I wanted every day I would be consuming way too much! I try to stick to 5 pieces a day, maybe 6 (not including veg in meals)

Sorry for the long post, got a bit carried away there!
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Just read all of the other posts and people saying that something minty after eating signals to the brain that you've finished eating is right. Peppermint tells the brain that eating has finished and that's how it works.
So if you eat peppermint chewing gum, chances are that one of the ways it stops you snacking is the signals it sends to your brain

I find chewing gum helpful. If I'm feeling snacky or nibbly, a piece of gum helps in the way a cigarette would, I guess: my mouth is busy. Also, it's hard to eat anything after having a piece of gum. That mint flavour sticks around for a long time.

Through what I have experienced and heard about chewing gums, i believe that people might actually control their appetite and reduce their hunger when chewing a gum which would assist in losing weight as not only that it limits food intake but also keeps them active and fresh through all the day. However, might not play a major role in weight loss since energy being consumed from chewing gum is not that significant compared to other physical exercises.

I don't think this chewing gum campaign will convince the public to recognize gum as another tool for weigh loss. It's clear that their real purpose is to increase their popularity and their sales.

I think chewing gum can help us in our weight loss by making us drink more water and avoid the unnecessary snacks in between meals.

Chewing gum doesn't lead to weight loss, but it can help you to stop eating when you are not physically hungry. I use to get hungry when I was bored or watching television. Instead of getting something to eat, I would chew a piece of sugar free gum. After a few minutes of chewing, my hunger would subside because I wasn't really hungry. As far as gum leading to weight loss, I don't think so.

i just want to know a list of thing that are healthy for me .Because i want to become a model .

i love chewing gum but it is just all my teachers dont let me chew it in school and it makes me really mad.

i am so sick of my teachers not letting me hew gum. i have this one teacher and every time i chew gum in her class she always yells at me for chewing gum. i tell her it makes me think harder but she just dose not belive me.

i am so sick of my teachers not letting me hew gum. i have this one teacher and every time i chew gum in her class she always yells at me for chewing gum. i tell her it makes me think harder but she just dose not belive me.

Ehhhh it's tough. Everyone's body is different, but i think personally gum helps. At highschool, or work, or generally any time you can't eat food, gum helps ALOT. It's comlicated but when the body doesn't have food for long periods of time that some energy is being used (5 hours at school before lunch for example) the body says "hey i might not get food soon, I'll just store the next food i get", so when you eat your lunch it mostly goes to fat. Its just how it is. But when you chew gum inbetween the meals, your body says "hey, i keep getting stuff, but its not much, lets just keep burning" so not only do you burn more calories, but you actually have energy from the next food you get. I'm pretty sure its true, because i know that when i chew gum the day we run the mile or 1.6 mile, i get alot better times.

I don't know about the long term effects of gum chewing, but it's probably just like anything else, excercise makes it work. It's definately not going to be a huge difference, but if you're like me it will probably do something.

and if you wanna stop eating, excercise is the best thing. Take it from the kid who went from being a 215 lb 6th grader to a 165 lb 9th grader.

peace

After eating a plate of food, chewing gum helps, its been a recent study that when you chew, it send waves to your brain telling it that your full. Then you wont go home and get more food.

It's helped me stay healthy for years so far. When I've been in the mood for a small snack, before I was 9 I'd go and raid the biscuit tin. Once I was 9 (with in few months of turning 9) I'd be reaching for a piece of chewing gum instead. Suddenly the days of being a little on the heavy side were gone. Always got in trouble at primary school since the stuff wasn't allowed, but in PE, I'd no longer be left until the end of the team-picking as being one of the fatties that couldn't run.

Zach, you're probably suffering from a bit of sexism there. I cast my eyes back to the days of secondary school, the official line was that chewing gum was banned. The teachers always turned a blind-eye to the girls, and came down with full force against the boys. Really very unfair, since most of the girls were always blowing bubbles and snapping their gum really loudly, and the boys were so stealthy and quiet with it, even at break time.

Basically, for me, when I get a craving for something salty, sweet, anything that isnt a fruit or a veggie, I tend to pop in a piece of gum. It doesn't make me *not eat* it just makes me realize that either I AM hungry and that I need to eat - or that I'm just bored and therefore craving food.

PLUS, In class, if I don't have food on me and my stomach starts growling (it happens!) I pop in a piece. I think the chewing "tricks" my stomach into not making noise until I can get to some food. Because making noises is embarrassing to me!

i chew gum like it's my job. i am always chewing whether i am around the house, in school, or playing a sport. it keeps my mind off food and even then i swallow it. it's just a habit. gum DOES curb my cravings. i eat a lot less. i guess it depends on the person but gum is just a lifesaver when i am really hungry and i know i shouldn't eat. it keeps me full even though it's a small piece. ilovegum!

I used to chew a lot of gum, but then I had a dental problem,,, my dentist told me not to chew a gum under any circumstances, so I was like in rehab thing I was addicted to gum! Last words: it's really bad for your teeth

it definitely stops me from eating because i'm occupied chewing the gum.