(1) Although the natural rubber in bubble gum is non-toxic, the first-grade white gum used to make bubble gum contains some toxic additives such as accelerators and antioxidants. Eating more bubble gum will be harmful to your health.
⑵ Hunger exercises masticatory muscles, which can stimulate their normal development under moderate conditions. Eating too much bubble gum will lead to overdevelopment and increase the masticatory muscles on both sides.
Chewing bubble gum, like many other things, should be enough. When you feel tired or thirsty, you should stop chewing. It's best not to chew gum for more than half an hour after meals, and it's best not to chew gum for more than three times a day for children. Otherwise, excessive chewing will make the masticatory muscles tense, leading to grinding teeth or poor sleep.
(4) Many bubble gum uses sucrose as sweetener. When chewing, sugar stays in the mouth for a long time, which is beneficial to the generation of acidic substances by caries-causing bacteria in the mouth and induces dental caries.
5] Chewing bubble gum often will destroy the substances used for filling teeth in the mouth and release amalgam, which will lead to excessive mercury content in blood and urine, thus causing harm to the brain, central nervous system and kidneys.
[6] Children's self-control ability is poor. Chewing bubble gum may cause swallowing or accidental trachea, which is life-threatening.
(7) Chew bubble gum for no more than 15 minutes, especially for patients with gastric diseases. Because chewing bubble gum for a long time will reflexively secrete a lot of stomach acid. Especially on an empty stomach, not only nausea, loss of appetite, acid reflux and other symptoms will appear. But in the long run, it may also aggravate stomach problems.