When I chew gum...????!


Question: When I chew gum....?.?.?.?
Whenever I chew gum, after an hour or so, my stomach hurts a tiny bit, and after I spit it back out, the pain goes away. Is something wrong with me, or is that normal.?.?! Does chewing too much gum make myself ache.? Not really a big deal. Just wondering.. Especially if I'm in the car, I get car sick fast whenever I chew gum in there. Weird, huh.?Health Question & Answer


Answers:
One reason is that by chewing gum- it can make you swallow/ ingest air. and add to stomach trouble. Trapped air can bother your stomach.

The second reason is that chewing gum contains artificial sweeteners of mannitol, sorbitrol and fructose and sucralose just like hard candies. . The acids in colas,coffee, and tea do the same thing. .

You're not weird at all.!! Just normal.Health Question & Answer

this happens for 2 reasons

1-Gum is loaded with aspartame, sugar alcohol and artificial flavors in very high concentrations, say higher than if you were to drink a bottle of soda over a period of an hour..instead all that stuff is dumped into your system in a mater of minutes.

2-Because your taste buds are being stimulated, your saliva glands begin producing saliva to begin the digestion process. When this happens the stomach prepares it's self for the arrival of food by releasing digestive juices. When no food arrive in the stomach, those juices can irritate your tummy. This is also why gum can sometimes make you hungry when you weren't hungry b4, and can satiate hunger for a short amount of time when you are hungry.Health Question & Answer

Your stomach thinks your chewing something that is soon going to be inside it! Your body is producing loads of saliva and chemicals which are ready to break down food, and when your not actually putting any food into your stomach your body is just trying to digest nothing!.. Careful! chewing too much gum can lead to stomach ulcers because of this! Try cutting down on the gumHealth Question & Answer

lol. i know its weird.. but i am the same way.. I get a stomach ace after chewing a bit.. no too long...chewing gum does speed up ur metabolism too.. so if u chew it after u eat.. u should makesure there is a restroom near.. ;)Health Question & Answer



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