Gum chewing independently arose across different cultures and regions at different times, says Jennifer Mathews, an ...

Chew on this: Chewing gum can be good for you ... a reduced-calorie diet and get regular physical activity. Sugar-free gum is best because it is usually less than 5 calories per piece, compared ...

UCLA researchers found that chewing gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics per piece into the saliva and ...

“Our initial hypothesis was that the synthetic gums would have a lot more microplastics because the base is a type of plastic ...

for example bubble gum or sugar-free gum, she says. Kahn leans toward limiting gum. “It can’t hurt to be cautious,” she says. “If gum chewing is a source of microplastics, then it probably ...