Chewing gum is promoted by the British Dental Health Foundation – it helps reduce acid attack from sugars and helps to reduce tooth decay
Chewing gum has been in several news stories recently:
- Jamie Oliver has campaigned for the UK to adopt a ”Singapore style” ban on chewing gum. He has been challenged by Dr Nigel Carter OBE (Chief Executive, British Dental Health Foundation) for uncharacteristically failing to understand the beneficial health issues of chewing gum.
- A recent study done at Reading University has shown that chewing gum helps if you need to get an annoying song out of your head!
- Studies have shown that chewing gum can increase concentration and alertness by 10%. Presumably why football managers such as Sir Alex Ferguson and Sam Allardyce regularly chew gum.