{"id":6761,"date":"2009-03-24T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2009-03-24T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=6761"},"modified":"2009-03-23T11:51:53","modified_gmt":"2009-03-23T16:51:53","slug":"health-benefits-of-chewing-gum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/health-benefits-of-chewing-gum\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Benefits of Chewing Gum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/extra-sugar-free-gum-giveaway\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6764\" title=\"man-chewing-gum\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/man-chewing-gum.gif\" alt=\"man chewing gum\" width=\"250\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a>According to the American Dietetic Association (ADA), chewing <a title=\"extra sugar-free gum\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/extra-sugar-free-gum-giveaway\/\" target=\"_self\">sugar-free gum<\/a> can help not only prevent tooth decay and freshen breath, but research is showing that it may be used as a tool to help manage weight, increase focus, alertness and concentration, and help relieve life\u2019s everyday stresses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Help Manage Your Weight<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At only 5-10 calories per serving, chewing gum can be a great alternative to avoid unnecessary snacking and to help reduce calorie intake.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Chewing gum can serve as a great alternative to a high calorie snack. Chewing two sticks of gum gives you 20 calories versus munching on two chocolate chip cookies that total 140 calories. Meaning you save yourself 120 calories!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Using the food exchange list, chewing gum counts as a free food (meaning you can eat as much that you want of it).<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In the Words of the ADA:<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>\u201cIn the spirit of making small lifestyle changes that can make a difference in the long run, chewing gum can be an easy and practical tool to help avoid mindless munching and manage weight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Help Improve Focus and Relieve Stress<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Research shows chewing gum may offer an improvement in alertness and concentration and help <a title=\"stress\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/manage-stress-with-simple-relaxation-techniques\/\" target=\"_self\">relieve stress<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Psychiatrists and psychologists suggest that people chew gum for two reasons; one, to relieve boredom and two, to reduce tension.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/extra-sugar-free-gum-giveaway\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6765\" title=\"green-gum\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/green-gum.gif\" alt=\"green gum\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Gum chewing may also help people release nervous energy and provide an outlet for frustration and irritation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Try some of these gum-chewing ideas to help manage your weight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Put in a piece of gum to signal the end of a meal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If stress causes you to eat, try chewing on gum instead food to help avoid the \u201cmindless munching.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Chew gum between meals in place of snacking on high-calorie foods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"center;\"><em>Source: <a title=\"ada\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eatright.org\/cps\/rde\/xchg\/ada\/hs.xsl\/nutrition_350_ENU_HTML.htm\" target=\"_self\">ADA Website<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatright.org\/cps\/rde\/xchg\/ada\/hs.xsl\/nutrition_350_ENU_HTML.htm\"><em><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the American Dietetic Association (ADA), chewing sugar-free gum can help not only prevent tooth decay and freshen breath, but research is showing that it may be used as a tool to help manage weight, increase focus, alertness and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/health-benefits-of-chewing-gum\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[1245,31,84,29],"class_list":["post-6761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-gum","tag-health-news","tag-healthy-snacks","tag-nutrition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6761"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6763,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6761\/revisions\/6763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}