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Chewing Gum Removes up to 100 Million Bacteria
Chewing gum has already been shown to boost cognitive function and suppress appetite. Now scientists have provided another reason to do it. According to new research in PLoS ONE, gum traps harmful bacteria that can cause dental cavities. When you spit it out, that bacteria is removed. The researchers calculated that a single piece of typical "tab" gum can trap up to 100,000,000 bacteria, or roughly ten percent of the microbial load in saliva.
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