Does chewing gum really prevent neck fat?
I know that sounds a little stupid, but I have heard that really thoroughly chewing a piece of gum once a day (until it tastes like rubber and is too hard to chew) helps work out your chin and neck muscles. I have a full, round face, but I do not want to have chin/neck fat. By that I mean the turkey waddle double chin that some obese or old people get. Does gum chewing help firm up the area? If it doesn’t, do any of you know any exercises that do? Chewing exercises the jaw muscles, which may make your jaw line look more toned. You can’t ’spot-reduce’ fat. People put it on in different places. It will come off with exercise and lowering your caloric intake to less than your maintenance level. Chewing gum is more exercise than doing absolutely nothing, but not much. It burns 11 calories per hour. (Chewing three hours every day for a year should burn an extra 5 or 6 pounds of fat! But this is fat all over your body, not just the neck). Chewing gum has also been shown to boost the metaboli
