People all around the world have been chewing gum for thousands of years and this habit has been used since the Greeks during the ancient times used mastic tree barks as their natural breath sweetener.

The sap of trees, such as spruce or Manilkara chicle were used to make original gums and most modern chewing gums are made from synthetic rubbers.

In general, chewing gums are considered to be safe. Research in Japan was performed in 2013 and it says, ’’chewing gum can boost mental alertness up to 10%. Chomping away can improve how you think so that you can make decisions better.’’

Studies have found while performing tasks chewing gum can improve various aspects of brain function, including alertness, memory, understanding and making the decision.

Chewing gum not only improve your memory but it reduces the feeling of stress too. It can be helpful for losing weight as this is sweet and low in calories and gives you a sweet taste without blowing your diet.

According to one study, chewing gum reduces your appetite and could prevent you from overeating.

It also offers oral health and could help you to protect your teeth and reduce bad breath. Chewing sugar-free gum could be useful to protect your teeth from cavities.

Well, everything has benefits and bad effects as well. chewing too much gum could cause some side effects too.

Many experts still are not in support of chewing gum. One of the reasons is that chewing gum is not an effective weight loss strategy as it can actually motivate you to eat junk foods instead of reducing food cravings.

Chewing gum too often could cause problems jaw problems which is called temporomandibular disorder (TMD), which causes pain when you chew.

Excessive chewing may cause this problem but as we read above it has some benefits too so you should limit the amount of time you chew gum. Do not chew gum excessively and make sure to choose a sugar-free gum made with xylitol.