They end up wasting their energy on work that won't help them reproduce and needing to waste more energy getting rid of it.
I wonder how well bacteria will adapt long term in your mouth to Xylitol exposure through bubble gum based adminstration.
[1] Xylitol-containing products for preventing dental caries in children and adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD010743. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010743.pub2.
not only xylitol, but sorbitol, mannitol and maltitol. Also related are lactose, fructose, and *saccharides.
the keyword is FODMAP, look up low-FODMAP diet.
maybe: https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/gi/faculty-staff-website/wp...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25271984/
In 88% (36 out of 41) of patients with high-risk HPV, taking reishi + turkey tail mushrooms daily for 2 months cleared the virus, versus 5% clearance (1 out of 20) in the control group. I suspect that 88% clearance rate would be higher if they continued for longer than 2 months.
This is:
- A single author paper with no academic affiliations.
- A search on the internet for this author finds them also pitching essential oils and a wide variety of other "alternative medicine" on the Youtube/Podcast grifter circuit and not the sorts of alternative medicine anyone seriously thinks might have some merit.
- The address listed for his supposed place of practice appears to be a roadside "clini-spa" advertising beauty treatments.
- This could only get published in some low-impact journal that's solely about the purported benefits of mushrooms, even though if true this would be a pretty revolutionary finding that would be of interest to far bigger journals.
Can I prove it's fraud? No, especially since I'm not paying $25 to look at the paper details.
But unless this finding replicates from someone with credibility, I don't think this means much of anything and I certainly don't think you should be taking anything in this paper as a fact.
That, plus a lack of urgency due to the effectiveness of preventative vaccines, leads to a lack of urgency on the issue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lablab --
Taiwanese researchers found that a carbohydrate-binding protein (i.e. a legume lectin) from lablab beans effectively blocks the infections of influenza viruses and SARS-CoV-2.[60] Researchers from Finland and USA found that extracts from chewing gum manufactured from lablab bean seeds had broad-spectrum anti-viral properties, likely due to the binding action of Flt3 Receptor Interacting Lectin (FRIL) on viruses; the anti-viral effect was similar to that of purified FRIL
HN is pretty good normally, but it has its share of idiots too.
https://samueli.ucla.edu/bursting-your-bubble-chewing-gum-re...
https://samueli.ucla.edu/bursting-your-bubble-chewing-gum-re...
This includes natural gum bases.
Recommended amount is 5–10g per day (5 pieces of 100% xylitol gum, 36% is already effective), taken after meals.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2758793/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1810656/
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3...
But we're talking significant levels of xylitol/erythritol, such as from keto-friendly ice cream and drinks, not the modest levels from chewing gum, and the dental benefits are well established.
There is a hilarious Amazon review describing the effects of sugar-free gummy bears in rather graphic details.
https://old.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1ktb95/most_helpful_...
I don't know if it is xylitol, but if not, it is another sugar alcohol, like sorbitol, maltitol, erythritol,... that have similar properties
Only in high income countries. The 4-valent version is still the dominant version available worldwide.
My use of it comes from early 2010s era paleo-food community observations about hunter gatherers having less crowded jaws than agriculturalist and modern peoples, hypothesized to be due to both micronutrient intake and also eating tougher foods. Cramped jaws and facial structures lead to both malocclusion and also nasal breathing issues, and mouth breathing also reinforces those pathological facial changes. Granted, this stuff is from sources that I've heard wildly varying opinions on (Weston A Price; Mike Mew). Jaw and facial structure continues to change into adulthood. I needed extensive orthodontics in my youth and have struggled with sleep apnea in adulthood. This broad set of hypotheses made sense to me, and chewing mastic gum was the easiest way to get a full dose of "chew tougher food" in my life. I try to snack on raw carrots too.
Speaking to attractiveness, there's an uncomfortable photo of identical twins in one of the Weston Price books, one given orthodontic treatment that widened their facial structure and one was not. The one with the widened facial structure was more attractive. The difference wasn't gigantic, but it wasn't small either.
Highly recommended, at minimum for interesting historical look at various cultures with a pre-modern processed food diet. AFAIK the basic hypothesis about diet affecting face morphology holds up.
Outcome of chronic social media exposure.
The fact is mewing and chewing do make a measurable difference…over time. Tiktok promotes extremes as they get more views and the more extreme the more views in a cycle of escalation. This gave birth to sad boys who see the Toyota chivalre’s and think they need the same jawline. Similar sad nonsense has been going on for women too but that has unfortunately become all but normalized.
It's amazing how they normalized fillers to the point of being hideous and convinced themselves that that's a beautiful aesthetic. The consensus seeking hive mind at work.