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Researchers have found chewing gum helps people deal with anxiety!

 

OH, and the harder you chew, the faster you de-stress! Chewing gum when you’re in a stressful situation can also help your alertness! But…what’s the link between gum and de-stressing? There isn’t a definitive answer but the act of chewing may relieve tension, leaving us feeling less stressed as a result.

 

Here’s what researchers discovered: When participants chewed gum after the experiment, there was a “significant” change in the level of catecholamines, compounds that increase a person’s ability to deal with anxiety, in their saliva. Scientists also discovered that people who chewed harder were able to de-stress faster.

 

There’s a lot more smart sounding stuff to this study, you can read more from the health section of Yahoo.com

 

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