Chewing gum can help you manage your condition poidsÀ it without sugar, the chewing gum can help you control your weight. If chewing itself is beneficial, the gum also occurs through other mechanisms …
Chew chewing gum regulates stress
Stress is one of the factors that influence weight gain. Or simply the fact of chewing gum may help to precisely regulate stress. This is suggested by the authors of the study who had the idea of using brain imaging techniques (1). In subjects submitted to a noisy and stressful environment, they find less activation of brain areas involved in stress (amygdala, prefrontal cortex median) in those who chew chewing gum. Mastication have here an effect on stress.
Chewing reduces the sensation of hunger
This study further shows that after a meal, chew gum reduces the sensation of hunger (2). Sixty subjects of normal weight were asked to take a standard breakfast and a snack (sweet or salty). Half of them have chewed chewing gum after lunch. In the latter, the caloric intake was lower during the snack (8% lower, or 36 calories less than others on average).
Finally, the sensation of hunger after lunch back more slowly among mâcheurs.
In another study, notes that before a wide selection of snacks to varying levels in fat and sugars, those who chewed chewing gum in advance, a move toward less sweet snacks (3).
Here, chewing helps reduce the sensation of hunger and appetite for sugar.
That is, a chewing affects the brain and feeding behavior, conducive to weight management.
