Reply With QuoteI definitely think there's some truth to this. Sometimes you're not hungry you're just bored and surely chewing on a piece of sugar-free gum will satiate your oral fixation while leaving the calories at the door.
Chewing Sugar-Free Gum a Weight Loss Aide?
Chewing gum may keep appetite at bay - study
By Jane Byrne , 29-Oct-2009
Chewing gum can help to reduce calorie intake and burn up energy, claims a US study.
The study, whereby a researcher based at the University of Rhode Island (URI), evaluated the effects of chewing sugar-free gum on weight management, was supported by a $25,000 research award from the Wrigley Science Institute and reported to the annual meeting of the Obesity Society in the US this week.
According to Kathleen Melanson, associate professor of nutrition and food sciences at URI, nerves in the muscles of the jaw are stimulated by the motion of chewing and send signals to the appetite section of the brain that is linked to satiety, which may explain why the act of chewing might help to reduce hunger.
The study's results show that when the study subjects chewed gum for a total of one hour in the morning (three 20-minute gum-chewing sessions), they consumed 67 fewer calories at lunch and did not compensate by eating more later in the day.
The nutritionist also reported that the male participants also reported feeling significantly less hungry after chewing gum.
Energy
According to Melanson, when her subjects chewed gum before and after eating, they expended about five per cent more energy than when they did not chew gum. In addition, she reported that her subjects reported feeling more energetic after chewing gum.
"This was a short term study, so the next step is to do a longer study and to use subjects who need to lose weight," she reported. "But based on these initial results, one could hypothesize that gum chewing may be a useful adjunct to a weight management programme."
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I definitely think there's some truth to this. Sometimes you're not hungry you're just bored and surely chewing on a piece of sugar-free gum will satiate your oral fixation while leaving the calories at the door.
I agree!Originally Posted by Shoshana Pritzker
One thing to keep in mind though, sugar free gum still has sweetners in it which do affect your insulin levels. Off season, sugar free gum is fine but I like to cut it outta my diet 2 weeks before a competition.
I think that we sometimes eat out of boredom and chewing gum has helped me curve that.
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