Did you know that eating sugar-free chewing gum can help if you’re struggling with constipation?
Yep – doctors say the process “tricks your body into thinking it’s eating,” which helps to get things moving again.
Speaking of moving, chewing gum might have another purpose, too. Some research has found it could help to make our walks faster and more efficient.
Why might chewing gum make my walk more efficient?
A 2018 paper found that, compared to those who didn’t chew gum, people who tried the minty method while walking had higher heart rates, burned more energy, walked further, and strolled faster.
These results seemed especially strong among middle-aged and older people (men, in particular).
We don’t know exactly why chewing gum seemed to speed up people’s pace.
But the researchers wrote, “one possible mechanism is cardiac-locomotor synchronisation (CLS) or cardiac-locomotor coupling”.
CLS happens when a p...
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