Chewing Gum Research Paper

This science fair project is going to be about if chewing gum helps you considerate during a test. Stay till the end to see if this works. This paper is going to tell you about the history of chewing gum. First, who invented chewing gum, what is chewing gum made of, what gives chewing gum it’s flavor and why where the idea that chewing gum might help you concentrate better while taking a test.
John B.Curtis invented the first commercial chewing gum in 1848. But it is documented that the first piece of gum is over 9,000 years old. After John B. Curtis introduced chewing gum, several people made chewing gum but the first patent was given to a dentist name William Finley Semple in 1869.
What is chewing gum made of? Chewing gum is made of three different ingredients. The ingredients are Resin, Wax and Elastomer. Resin is the main part you chew, wax softens the gum and elastomer makes it flexible.

What gives gum the flavor it has?

Companies that manufacture gum have chemists working in labs to give gum flavor. It is basically adding sugar and different flavors to the gum. The idea is to trap the sweetener and flavoring in the gum so that the flavor stays longer. As you chew, the gum flavoring dissolves in your spit and spreads all over your tongue. Eventually most of the flavoring will slide down your throat with your spit and the great taste becomes irresistible. Gum base doesn’t dissolve in your spit. This is why you lose the the great flavor but not the gum.
Gum often has polyethylene, a long molecule that is also used to make plastic bottles and plastic bags and pretty much everything that is

plastic.
Why do people think chewing gum helps people concentrate? It is said that chewing gum can wake up your brain. The experiment showed that the people who chewed gum had higher blood pressure, heart rate and better blood flow. Which would mean it wakes up your system.
Some studies showed people who were chewing gum get stuff done faster and reacted to things faster than people who were not chewing gum. And in some experiments research find people who chewed gum are only better in the first 20 minutes of the test and then slacked off during the rest of the test.Why are you not suppose to swallow chewing although chewing gum is made to be chewed and not swallowed, it really isn't harmful if swallowed.Traditional beliefs thinks that if you swallow chewing gum it sits in your stomach for seven years before it can be digested. But this isn't true. If you swallow gum, it's true that your body can't digest it. But the gum doesn't stay in your stomach. It moves and stay the same through your digestive system and is excreted in your poop.