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But it's not all doom and gloom! If you feel kind of noshy but you know that there's no way that you're truly hungry, then a piece of gum could keep you from eating more than you really need," she says. We know, this is all a little sticky trying to navigate, so we took a closer look at all the options out there for you.

We went ahead and ranked different types of chewing gum, from the worst to the best option. Read the original article on Eat This, Not That! Sugar, corn syrup, and high fructose corn syrup make up the majority of this gum our experts say is closer to Bubble Yuck. BHT, artificial colors, and flavors round out the ingredient list. Does this kid-favorite taste sweeter than other gums to you? It should: sugar, corn syrup, acesulfame K an artificial sweetener , and aspartame aka Equal , give this tape its candy-like flavor.

And as we know by now, while aspartame is a sweetener that's often added as a way to lower calorie and sugar count, it can have negative side effects such as feelings of anxiety and jitteriness, and a study found it can contribute to obesity, diabetes , and heart disease , too. Cornstarch and BHT round out an ingredient list that begins with you guessed it! Two shades of artificial red color are added to lend the salmon hue to this sugar- and syrup-sweetened gum.

Titanium dioxide and BHT are also in the original flavor recipe, which are all total no-gos. Added colors, BHT, and oodles of different sweeteners are hidden in this gum that's sneakily named after produce.

There are no signs of actual fruit here! Alongside sugar, aspartame and acesulfame K sweeten Wrigley's. I do not recommend chewing gum on an empty stomach, since that's a recipe for giving yourself a stomachache," Hyman says. Five isn't just the name of this gum. Honestly I step in gum 3 times a week.

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This content does not have an English version. This content does not have an Arabic version. See more conditions. Request Appointment. Swallowing gum: Is it harmful? Products and services. My 6-year-old daughter accidentally swallowed a wad of chewing gum. And chew it. And chew it some more, and it never goes away. We'll get to that reason in a second. Although the bulk of gum is indigestible, there are some ingredients that are: the sugar alcohols.

Your body will break these down, and this results in you consuming no more than calories. Eh, not so bad. And when no food comes down, your stomach really begins to churn and grumble, causing pain and making you more conscious of your need to eat. Additionally, Spicer's favorite gum contains aspartame, acesulfame K, and sucralose—three artificial sweeteners that have been scientifically shown to trigger your sweet receptors and rev hunger.

So add gum chewing to the list of 30 Reasons You're Always Hungry. If you were constantly being bombarded by questions from information-hungry journalists, we'd bet you'd be pretty stressed out, too.

Maybe that's why Spicer chews so much gum. As a video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions series explains, our bodies don't have a way to break down the indigestible rubber base of gum a synthetic rubber called butyl rubber.

Even though your body can't digest the gum, it doesn't mean it won't try!