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Can chewing gum exercise burn calories?

Chewing Gum to Burn Calories

Mayo Clinic researchers found out that chewing gum does burn calories! Chewing sugarless gum for 12 minutes at 100 chews per minute was found to burn an extra 11 calories in an hour. There are surely more effective exercises which don't tire your jaw and irritate the people around you as much as chomping on gum, but it's an interesting idea!

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10/9/2008 6:45:38 AM
Lou4022 said:

Chewing gum loosens dental work and should not be considered good practice... There are so many other ways of burning calories, such as exercise.
Thanks

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