Chewing gum can help you burn more calories

 

Several of you may already know that chewing a gum may aid  you reduce that face fat. But did you have any idea that chewing gum can aid you lose overall body weight as well? Appropriate exercise and diet have always been the best way to get a healthy weight. But sometimes, a some small steps may aid you accelerate your weight loss plan and chewing a gum while you walk may be one of a them, says a new study.

A small study conducted in the Japan and presented at the medical conference in Europe, described that chewing a gum while you walk may help you burn more calories and thus, aid you lose weight.

The study involved 46 participants which contained both men and women between ages 21 and 69 and BMI readings between 22 and 30. All these people were daily gum chewers, who chewed gums more than once in a week.

These people were divided into 2 groups. Group one chewed 2 gums for 15 days, every day. Group 2 drank the ingredients of the gum in water, minus the gum base and then walked for 15 minutes. Their heart rates and walking speeds were measured to a calculate energy and expenditure.

Walking surely makes you burn calories. But men over the age of 40 were found to burn two additional calories per minute while they were chewing the gum. Women participants did not have any noteworthy changes in their energy expenditure.

The research requires to be conducted on a larger group of people to confirm if chewing a gum actually aids you with weight loss. So, do not run to purchase gums right away. But you can definitely provide it a try as it has no harms or side effects.

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