Who: Ron Ream, a food scientist in Plano, Ill.
What: Gum can be healthy for you so teachers and schools may start to change their minds about the gum chewing rule.
When: April 4, 2007
Where: Florida
Why: If we chew gum after meals the gum stimulates saliva and helps fight cavities and bacteria.
My Opinion:
My opinion about these positive effects of gum chewing is that I'm really happy they figured it out. When the scientists did the study on the gum when people took a test and the people who chewed the gum did mostly better than the people who didn't chew gum while taking the test. If teachers and schools would allow students to be chewing gum while taking standardized tests or tests given out by the teachers the school could probably do better by a huge percent. The gum helps your scores by how it cant boost you flow of blood. Blood carries oxygen which fuels brain cells which is probably why 40% of participants who took a test did better than the participants who didn't chew gum. Since whatever you put into gum can go through your cheeks into you bloodstream. If you put an allergy medicine in gum for example you would probably feel better sooner because the medicine can go through your cheeks to the bloodstream better than the stomach can. I hope that by the time I'm in highschool I will be able to chew gum during the SATs.
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20070404/Feature1.asp
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