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Want to boost your brainpower? Exercise your jaw - Mind - gum chewing may help - Brief Article
Men's Fitness, June, 2002 by Mike Carlson, Allan Donnelly, Ben Kallen, Bobby Lee, Mark Thorpe, Tom Weede
> SHOULD YOU NEED TO DO SOME heavy thinking, try chewing a stick of gum first. When subjects in a British study chewed gum for three minutes, they did better on a test of memory and cognitive abilities than people who chewed nothing or chewed "imaginary" gum. The researchers speculate that the improved thinking may result from a slightly faster heartbeat, which speeds delivery of oxygen and glucose to the brain, or from a surge of insulin that occurs when the mouth waters in anticipation of a meal.
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