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A new study found that chomping on wooden medical tongue depressors for five minutes can increase levels of glutathione, the primary antioxidant in the brain that plays a crucial role in ...

The study involved 52 university students split into two groups, one chewing soft paraffin wax gum and the other biting on wooden tongue depressors. Researchers controlled the chewing pattern ...

It could even feasibly be used as a tongue depressor in a pinch (given that it was properly sterilized ... Four are made from bone, three are synthetic and the most opulent is made of curly oak wood ...

In a nutshell Chewing harder materials like wood significantly increases glutathione (GSH) levels in the brain, while softer materials like gum show no significant effect. Higher brain GSH levels from ...

They used tongue depressors, similar to popsicle sticks, for the wood. And to make sure the difference wasn't in chewing style, each participant had his or her head stabilized in a fixation device.

Chewing harder foods like wood can enhance brain health by boosting glutathione levels, a key antioxidant. A study found this improves cognitive function and memory, unlike softer foods such as gum.

They recruited 52 healthy university students from Daegu, South Korea, and divided them into two groups. One group of 27 subjects was given paraffin wax gum to chew; a second group of 25 was asked to ...

Sure enough, chewing raised glutathione levels in the anterior cingulate cortex — the part of the brain they studied — but markedly more so among those who chewed on wood. The concentration was ...