what is the healthiest and most safe gum to chew?!
Question: What is the healthiest and most safe gum to chew?
Answers:
Any sugarless gum is fine.
The concern with sugarless gum is that they are not really sugarless. They are made with sugars that you cannot digest. The bacteria that naturally lives in your intestines can digest it, so if you chew a lot of gum you may get some bloating because the bacteria in your intestines will feast on the sugar and create gas. Also, chewing causes you to swallow air, which can add to the bloating.
So, if you feel bloated or your jaw is sore from all the chewing, consider cutting back, but other than that, you don't have to worry about it. It isn't secretly sucking all the vitamins out of your body or anything like that.
In case you're wondering, the bacteria on your teeth (plaque) cannot digest the sugars in "sugarless" gum very well, so you don't have to worry about it hurting your teeth.