creating gas and drawing water into the bowel. This explains why some people experience unexpected digestive distress after chewing sugar-free gum, sometimes hours after they’ve disposed of ...

Chewing gum may also be a better choice than eating mints for your oral health, Dr. Matthew Messina, dentist and consumer advisor spokesperson for the American Dental Association, tells TODAY.com.

If the average person consumes tens of thousands of microplastics per year, gum chewing could greatly increase the ingested amount. "Surprisingly, both synthetic and natural gums had similar ...

From surprising dental complications beyond cavities to digestive system disruptions, chewing gum presents health challenges that most people never consider when unwrapping that next piece.

In the absence of toothpaste and dentists, people found their own ways to keep their mouths feeling as hygienic as possible. Chewing gum filled in some of those gaps and its primary purpose across ...

So if you want to reduce your potential exposure to microplastics from gum, Lowe suggested chewing one piece for a longer time instead of popping a new one. Mohanty also urged people to “be mind ...

Chewing gum releases hundreds to thousands of microplastics into your mouth, a new study suggests. Chewing gum's base ingredient is synthetic rubber, which is a type of plastic. A stick of gum is ...

Chewing gum contains plant-based or synthetic plastic polymers, making it a potential source of microplastics; however, the quantity of microplastics that a person might ingest from gum has not ...

And many products we use in everyday life, such as cutting boards, clothes and cleaning sponges, can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles called microplastics. Now, chewing gum ...