The Energy Expended in Chewing Gum
- 30 December 1999
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 341 (27) , 2100
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199912303412718
Abstract
Indirect evidence suggests that gum chewing may have greater metabolic effects than has been appreciated. The thermic effect of food is reduced when nutrition bypasses the mouth.1 In cows, chewing increases energy expenditure by approximately 20 percent.2,3 We measured how energy expenditure changes with gum chewing in humans.Keywords
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