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New Gum Chewing Technique by Mike Mew
DIR By: MeltedFace
Date: June 1, 2017, 3:20 pm
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Needs: Soft chewing gum
Enjoy!
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Re: New Gum Chewing Technique by Mike Mew
DIR By: Progress
Date: June 1, 2017, 3:41 pm
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Does it seem to you like Mew's face has become slightly fuller
recently? He must be doing something right.
On a related note, the underside of the tongue, what do you do
with it? I used to only pay attention to the top side of the
tongue being against the palate, but recently with all the
postural improvements, I noticed that I've started pushing and
expanding the underside of the tongue against the chin and the
sides of the mandible while maintaining the regular tongue
posture.
This seems to make the tongue posture and the whole head much
more stable and activates the muscles on the frontside of the
neck in a very similar way than the exercise in the video does.
Perhaps there's some kind of relationship between these
observations, I don't know.
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Re: New Gum Chewing Technique by Mike Mew
DIR By: reenochrobinson
Date: June 1, 2017, 11:06 pm
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I saw this video. He suggested something similar and gives a bit
of a demo in the video "Large Bolus Chewing 'Golf Ball' By Dr.
Mike Mew." Although now, he seems to be saying we should focus
on these tongue exercises more than the traditional masseter
chewing exercises, especially for people who haven't perfected
their resting tongue posture. I seem to have more issues with
sleep bruxism when I've spent a lot of time chewing hard gum to
work out my masseter muscles. Does anyone know of a gum that is
free of artificial sweeteners and flavors like mastic but is
suitably soft for these tongue exercises?
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Re: New Gum Chewing Technique by Mike Mew
DIR By: Progress
Date: June 2, 2017, 4:27 am
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--- Quote from: reenochrobinson link ---
>
> I saw this video. He suggested something similar and gives a
bit of a demo in the video "Large Bolus Chewing 'Golf Ball' By
Dr. Mike Mew." Although now, he seems to be saying we should
focus on these tongue exercises more than the traditional
masseter chewing exercises, especially for people who haven't
perfected their resting tongue posture. I seem to have more
issues with sleep bruxism when I've spent a lot of time chewing
hard gum to work out my masseter muscles. Does anyone know of a
gum that is free of artificial sweeteners and flavors like
mastic but is suitably soft for these tongue exercises?
>
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At least here in Finland every regular grocery store sells full
xylitol gum with nothing else added.
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Re: New Gum Chewing Technique by Mike Mew
DIR By: reenochrobinson
Date: June 2, 2017, 10:39 am
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--- Quote from: Progress link ---
>
> At least here in Finland every regular grocery store sells
full xylitol gum with nothing else added.
>
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Sugar alcohols are also often used as the sweeteners in gum in
the US because they have been show to inhibit the growth of
cavity-causing bacteria and because we can't digest them so they
are calorie-free. That means, however, they are a FODMAP,
passing unabsorbed into the colon and could impact the balance
of gut flora.
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Re: New Gum Chewing Technique by Mike Mew
DIR By: Progress
Date: June 2, 2017, 11:11 am
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--- Quote from: reenochrobinson link ---
>
> [quote author=Progress link=topic=274.msg2167#msg2167
date=1496395632]
> At least here in Finland every regular grocery store sells
full xylitol gum with nothing else added.
>
--- End Quote ---
Sugar alcohols are also often used as the sweeteners in gum in
the US because they have been show to inhibit the growth of
cavity-causing bacteria and because we can't digest them so they
are calorie-free. That means, however, they are a FODMAP,
passing unabsorbed into the colon and could impact the balance
of gut flora.
[/quote]
Yes it's not generally wise to swallow the gum. The amounts of
xylitol leeching out of the gum into the saliva and ending up in
your stomach would be easier to write in milligrams rather than
even grams. Compared to everything else you disturbate your gut
flora with every single day, the consequences of a little
xylitol can hardly be seen as being significant at all.
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Re: New Gum Chewing Technique by Mike Mew
DIR By: reenochrobinson
Date: June 2, 2017, 1:56 pm
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--- Quote from: Progress link ---
>
> Yes it's not generally wise to swallow the gum. The amounts of
xylitol leeching out of the gum into the saliva and ending up in
your stomach would be easier to write in milligrams rather than
even grams. Compared to everything else you disturbate your gut
flora with every single day, the consequences of a little
xylitol can hardly be seen as being significant at all.
>
--- End Quote ---
Sorbitol is generally the first ingredient here in the US.
Swallowing the gum has nothing to do with it as the sugar
alcohols are soluble. I understand that you're saying it isn't a
significant issue, and I'm not telling people they should avoid
sugar alcohols. I'm just saying that with my gastrointestinal
problems, if I'm going to have something in my mouth for
multiple hours per day, I would prefer something without any
kind of sweetener. My mastic gum is too hard to do this new
exercise effectively.
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Re: New Gum Chewing Technique by Mike Mew
DIR By: Progress
Date: June 2, 2017, 2:26 pm
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--- Quote from: reenochrobinson link ---
>
> [quote author=Progress link=topic=274.msg2171#msg2171
date=1496419903]
> Yes it's not generally wise to swallow the gum. The amounts of
xylitol leeching out of the gum into the saliva and ending up in
your stomach would be easier to write in milligrams rather than
even grams. Compared to everything else you disturbate your gut
flora with every single day, the consequences of a little
xylitol can hardly be seen as being significant at all.
>
--- End Quote ---
Sorbitol is generally the first ingredient here in the US.
Swallowing the gum has nothing to do with it as the sugar
alcohols are soluble. I understand that you're saying it isn't a
significant issue, and I'm not telling people they should avoid
sugar alcohols. I'm just saying that with my gastrointestinal
problems, if I'm going to have something in my mouth for
multiple hours per day, I would prefer something without any
kind of sweetener. My mastic gum is too hard to do this new
exercise effectively.
[/quote]
Fair enough.
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Re: New Gum Chewing Technique by Mike Mew
DIR By: reenochrobinson
Date: June 2, 2017, 3:48 pm
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I feel this exercise in the muscles on the back of my head at
the top of my neck. It is as though tucking my chin and
squishing the gum by pushing up with my tongue, especially the
posterior 1/3 of my tongue, is opposed by these muscles at the
back of my head which might typically be contracted in a forward
head posture.
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Re: New Gum Chewing Technique by Mike Mew
DIR By: MeltedFace
Date: June 2, 2017, 9:39 pm
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--- Quote from: Progress link ---
>
> Does it seem to you like Mew's face has become slightly fuller
recently? He must be doing something right.
>
> On a related note, the underside of the tongue, what do you do
with it? I used to only pay attention to the top side of the
tongue being against the palate, but recently with all the
postural improvements, I noticed that I've started pushing and
expanding the underside of the tongue against the chin and the
sides of the mandible while maintaining the regular tongue
posture.
>
> This seems to make the tongue posture and the whole head much
more stable and activates the muscles on the frontside of the
neck in a very similar way than the exercise in the video does.
Perhaps there's some kind of relationship between these
observations, I don't know.
>
--- End Quote ---
For me, the underside of the tongue is raised up? My tongue
isn't flat from a narrow palette - and it's up higher so it's
just pushing...
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