Natural gum......Is it safe?
#282565 - 09/16/06 02:10 PM
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Abigail
Reged: 03/12/05
Posts: 202
Loc: Orlando,FL
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I just bought Natural Gum at the Whole food store, cinnamon flavor.
Ingridients:Cane sugar, glucose, gum base(contains natural chicle), rice syrup, cinnamon flavor, red beet color, resinous glaze, beeswax and carnauba wax.
Is this gum safe for IBS-C? I love chewing gum. Which gum safe?
Blessings,
Abi
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Looks safe to me. I don't chew gum because I swallow air and when I do and it adds to my gas pains and bloating.
I prefer to suck on hard candies when my mouth is dry.
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Bethany, Ontario, Canada
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it sounds ok, but chewing gum naturally puts more air in your digestive tract = gas
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Like the others said ... the ingredients sound safe, but Heather recommends against chewing gum because it can cause gas from swallowing air. However, when I'm C I've found that chewing gum can actually help me go. I'm not sure why exactly. There's a study somewhere in the IBS research library about chewing gum helping bowel motility after colon surgery, but I don't know if a reason was given why it helped.
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