Gum Chewing Found to Boost Brainpower, Memory

Reuters Health via Yahoo ^ | Jeremy Laurence

[Pharmboy]

My question: What made these crazy Brits look into this in the first place?

[weikel]

Im starting a class action law suit against are public school system for not letting us chew gum and thus stunting are brain power.( lol)

[weikel]

are=our you see what the public school system did to me lol.

[Pharmboy]

LOL!! I'll join that suit...and y'know, it's us Americans that are known as gum-cheweres. They only recently started to chew gum on the continent. But they'll never catch up.

HA!

[JenB]

One of the more bizarre things to study... can't they just go cure cancer or something?

[Pharmboy]

Agreed...but what cued them to do it in the first place?

[weikel]

Let the kids chew gum now okay( if you aren't already).

[JenB]

I'd like to know... hey, there's a study in itself! Why do researchers study odd things?

[weikel]

I don't use the word hero very often Mr. Pharmboy but your the greatest hero since my false advertising suit against the film the Neverending Story.

[badfreeper]

Big research grant from Wrigley's?

[Pharmboy]

HA! That's JUST what my wife said! (What is the Wrigley's equivalent in BritLand?)

[poweqi]

In the eighth grade a classmate was chewing gum and the teacher made him put it on his nose and string it to both ears. I wonder if he graduated?

[freebilly]

Well, if I read this correctly a person can chew their fingernails, pencils, just about anything to improve learning and memory.

[freebilly]

"What we think is that the mild increase in heart rate may improve the delivery of oxygen and glucose to the brain, enough to improve cognitive function," he told Reuters.

The same thing would also apply to sex. But if this were true, Clinton would have an IQ of about 280

[Pharmboy]

Problem is, it's hard to learn when you're in that, er, situashun...

[Teacher317]

My current rule seems to be working out just fine. (My last school strictly forbade it, so this is new for me). I've informed them that if I don't see any evidence, I won't pursue the issue. (Don't ask, don't tell?) If I don't have wrappers to pick up, gum under the desks to scrape, or far-away stares on cud-chewing faces looking back at me, then they've proven themselves mature enough to be trusted with gum. They also police themselves pretty well, because they don't want some idiot ruining it for everybody... especially themselves. =^)

[hillsborofox]

I wonder if eating sunflower seeds (in the shell) counts? I must be a genius! (spitoooey)

[Revolting cat!]

Darn it! I never liked chewing gum but this finally explains why I could never qualify as a Mensa member!

[bluefish]

How about chewing tobacco? Nicotine is a cognitive enhancer. Of course, the oral cancer will get you before you get to test out your new and improved improved memory over the long term I guess.

[Freedom56v2]

LOL! One of my kids is taking ACT is a couple weeks--wonder if gum chewing is allowed?! :)