Does chewing gum help you lose weight?

I think skiping brakfesst and chewing gum helps you loose weight cuase I went on a diet I would skip breakfest and dinner I would only chew gum all day and I lost 15lbs in 20 days

Apparently, a chewing gum is going to come onto the market which claims to have some slimming properties, but it’s not available yet.

Excess of anything ‘sugarfree’ (like most gums) can cause digestion problems, as funnbyoneslove says, but research indicates that this might be constipation or diarrhoea - no fun and not help loosing weight.

From my own experience, I do chew gum when I’m tempted to snack, and I think it gives my mouth something to do instead of eating. I’ve no idea about the research on that, though.

Skipping’s good aerobic exercise and quite fun.

Skipping breakfast is not a good start to the day - the smallest meal of the day is best left to the evening, because your body really doesn’t need much energy when you’re going to sleep soon. So a healthy breakfast, a good lunch and a light evening meal is supposed to be best way to meet your body’s needs but still keep your weight down.

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I have looked this up and found that chewing sugar free gum burns 20 calores an hour…I guess it could help out but not a great huge amount.

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I chew a lot of gum and it does kinda help me lose weight because I substitute a piece of gum for a snack/meal etc. Also I read that excess consumption can lead to laxative effects…but I’m still unsure about whether laxatives work…don’t they just get rid of water, not food. Also if you chew too much gum before or instead of meals it tricks your stomach into thinking its eating so it needs to work, instead of working the food in your stomach (not really sure how to put it) but because there is no food there its wears down your stomach lining instead. Humph. This may be and old tale told by my teacher though to get us to stop chewing gum…but it sounds pretty true.

I think chewing gum just makes you feel like you are eating, chewing too much is bad for your stomach …

chewing gum doesn’t help you lose weight, but it can keep you occupie so you don’t eat. I’ve chewed a lot of gum and it’s never caused diareah or any kind of side-effects. yes, skipping helps you lose weight. skipping breakfast helps cause you’re having less calories. tjust make sure you don’t eat more later in the day due to skipping your breakfast.

no none of that crap works if you want to lose weight ( which I really think is unessesary) then start thinking about what you put in your body, not what you take out or take away from it eating the right foods helps you loose wight… and eating all meals during the day does too without food to fuel your body youll just get weaker, not skinnier

Fidgeters are less likely to be obese so I guess chewing gum could help, but definitely not significantly.

Skipping meals is unhealthy, just like stephanief987 and stellaapplemoor have said. It forces your body into starvation mode and makes you more likely to store energy as fat.

People who regularly skip breakfast are 4.5 times more likely to be overweight. So eat your wheaties.

xox Sika

I think skipping meals and replacing them with chewing gum doesn’t really help your daily eating if you can eat lots of fruit and veg and can do 1/2 an hour of exercise do not use chewing gum as a layby eat your fruit and veg and eat fatty foods moderatly and if you do not have any foods or fluids in your body you will simply become really ill so eat your meals and remember you can eat fatty foods but just moderatly

if your not going to eat at all.atleats eat some fruit for breakfast! and drink lotsa water.=]

skipping breakfast makes you gain more

Some say that chewing gum makes your stomach feel like food is going to enter therefore it makes you feel hungry and will make you want to eat. So I don’t see how it would help you lose weight. stephanief987 is completely right. Do no skip meals, it is unhealthy. Skipping is a good exercise and gets your heart rate going, it’s great because it moves the whole of your body rather then just your legs.

Chewing gum will not help you lose weight, and skipping meals is defiantly not good. Some say breakfast is the most important meal of the day actually. You need to be eating 3 healthy meals a day and getting regular exercise. If you are serious about losing weight, go look up the food guide on the internet to find out exactly how much of what sorts of foods you should be eating per day.